Windows Event Viewer and log4net

c# log4net
jitm picture jitm · Apr 8, 2010 · Viewed 26.1k times · Source

I have idea to write errors from my application to the Windows Event Viewer using log4net. Can I do it or not? And if I can, how :). Thank you.

Answer

João Angelo picture João Angelo · Apr 8, 2010

log4net supports a EventLogAppender so, yes, you can do it. How? You can start by checking the log4net configuration examples for that appender.

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