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Clog: Client Logging, WPF Edition

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A customizable log provider system that allows you to harness your existing logging system to log client side messages to your server using WCF. Includes WPF sample applications.
/*
<File>
	<Copyright>Copyright © 2007, Daniel Vaughan. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
	<License see="prj:///Documentation/License.txt"/>
	<Owner Name="Daniel Vaughan" Email="dbvaughan@gmail.com"/>
	<CreationDate>2007/11/27 12:44</CreationDate>
	<LastSubmissionDate>$Date: $</LastSubmissionDate>
	<Version>$Revision: $</Version>
</File>
*/

using System;
using System.Windows;
using DanielVaughan.Logging;

namespace ExampleWpfApplication
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml
	/// </summary>
	public partial class Window1
	{
		public Window1()
		{
			InitializeComponent();

			Loaded += Window1_Loaded;
		}

		void Window1_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
		{
			Log.Write += Log_Write;
			Log.Info("Window loaded.");
		}

		void Log_Write(object sender, LogEventArgs e)
		{
			listBox_Events.Items.Add(e.LogEntry);
			/* Output log entry as trace when debugging. */
			System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write(e.LogEntry.CodeLocation);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Handles the Click event of the button_LogDebug control.
		/// Logs a debug message.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
		/// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
		private void button_LogDebug_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
		{
			Log.Debug("Debug clicked. Message time:" + DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString());
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Handles the Click event of the button_LogInfo control.
		/// Logs a debug message.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
		/// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
		private void button_LogInfo_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
		{
			Log.Info("Info clicked. Message time:" + DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString());
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Handles the Click event of the button_LogError control.
		/// Logs an exception.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
		/// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
		private void button_LogError_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
		{
			Exception exception;
			try
			{
				throw new ApplicationException("This is a intentionally thrown test exception.");
			}
			catch (Exception ex)
			{
				exception = ex;
			}
			Log.Error("Error clicked. Message time:" + DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString(), exception);
		}
	}
}

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Daniel is a former senior engineer in Technology and Research at the Office of the CTO at Microsoft, working on next generation systems.

Previously Daniel was a nine-time Microsoft MVP and co-founder of Outcoder, a Swiss software and consulting company.

Daniel is the author of Windows Phone 8 Unleashed and Windows Phone 7.5 Unleashed, both published by SAMS.

Daniel is the developer behind several acclaimed mobile apps including Surfy Browser for Android and Windows Phone. Daniel is the creator of a number of popular open-source projects, most notably Codon.

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