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Rolf Kristensen edited this page May 31, 2025 · 10 revisions

Example with a and in the XML config

base file: d:\nlog-file.config

File to be included. Contains one target and needs ${productName}

xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd NLog.xsd">
  
  

  
  
  <targets>
      <target name="file1" xsi:type="File" fileName="D:\logs\${productName}\${shortdate}.log" 
          layout="${time} [${level:uppercase=true}] |${logger}| ${message} ${exception}" />
  targets>
  
nlog>

nlog.config

The main file. e.g. in the root folder of your application. Contains in this example no targets, only , , `

xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd NLog.xsd">

  
  <variable name="productName" value="myProduct"/> 
                           
  <include file="D:\nlog-file.config" ignoreErrors="true" />    
   
  
  <variable name="myVar" value="myValue"/> 
     
  <rules>      
    <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="file1" enabled="false" />     
    <logger name="PerformanceLogger" minlevel="Trace"  writeTo="file1" enabled="false" />   

  rules>
nlog>

- Troubleshooting Guide - See available NLog Targets and Layouts: https://nlog-project.org/config

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