Creating a real-time Trace listener with WCF

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace NetworkTraceListener
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The Trace Listener client. It will listen to the app for trace messages and then send them over the network to a viewer/server based on config file settings in app.
    /// </summary>
    public class TraceClient : TraceListener
    {
        public override void WriteLine(string message)
        {
            Write(message + Environment.NewLine);
        }

        public override void Write(string message)
        {
            MessagesTraced++;

            //only send if opened and ready, ignore errors in case server closed
            //after some successful sends have occurred
            try
            {
                if(proxy.State == System.ServiceModel.CommunicationState.Opened)
                    proxy.TraceMessage(message);
            }
            catch (Exception) { }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Used for testing or just determining how many messages have been traced thus far
        /// </summary>
        public int MessagesTraced { get; set; }

        TraceServerClient proxy = null;

        public TraceClient() : this("") { }
        public TraceClient(string name) : base(name)
        {
            //if server isn't there don't want to throw an error
            //so that if a viewer isn't listening the app using
            //this client doesn't throw an error
            try
            {
                proxy = new TraceServerClient();
                proxy.Open();
            }
            catch (Exception) { }
        }

        ~TraceClient()
        {
            //if server isn't there don't want to throw an error
            //so that if a viewer isn't listening the app using
            //this client doesn't throw an error
            try
            {
                if (proxy != null)
                    proxy.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception) { }
        }

    }
}