asp.net - Can't load Log4Net configuration -

i have brand new console application in vb.net. want use log4net did following steps , works. great. yahoo.

but have place log4net.config in bin/debug log4net.dll , log4net.xml. have tried many things no joy. or haven't got right combination. how can move log4net.config app root?

installed log4net nuget.

i added

<assembly: xmlconfigurator(configfile:="log4net.config", watch:=true)>  

in assemblyinfo.vb.

this how calling it:

public class class1  'save log4net log sql server private shared readonly dblog ilog = logmanager.getlogger("testlog4net")  public shared sub main(byval args() string)      dblog.error("log4net testing v1")  end sub  end class 

my log4net.config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration>   <configsections>     <section name="log4net" type="log4net.config.log4netconfigurationsectionhandler, log4net" />   </configsections>   <log4net>      <appender name="adonetappender" type="log4net.appender.adonetappender">       <buffersize value="1" />       <connectiontype value="system.data.sqlclient.sqlconnection, system.data, version=2.0.0.0, culture=neutral, publickeytoken=b77a5c561934e089" />        <connectionstring value="xxxxx" />       <commandtext value="xxxxx" />       <parameter>         <parametername value="@log_date" />         <dbtype value="datetime" />         <layout type="log4net.layout.rawtimestamplayout" />       </parameter>       <parameter>         <parametername value="@thread" />         <dbtype value="string" />         <size value="255" />         <layout type="log4net.layout.patternlayout">           <conversionpattern value="%thread" />         </layout>       </parameter>       <parameter>         <parametername value="@log_level" />         <dbtype value="string" />         <size value="50" />         <layout type="log4net.layout.patternlayout">           <conversionpattern value="%level" />         </layout>       </parameter>       <parameter>         <parametername value="@logger" />         <dbtype value="string" />         <size value="255" />         <layout type="log4net.layout.patternlayout">           <conversionpattern value="%logger" />         </layout>       </parameter>       <parameter>         <parametername value="@message" />         <dbtype value="string" />         <size value="4000" />         <layout type="log4net.layout.patternlayout">           <conversionpattern value="%message" />         </layout>       </parameter>       <parameter>         <parametername value="@exception" />         <dbtype value="string" />         <size value="2000" />         <layout type="log4net.layout.exceptionlayout" />       </parameter>     </appender>      <logger name="testlog4net">       <level value="all" />       <appender-ref ref="adonetappender" />     </logger>    </log4net> </configuration> 

i have tried

to set following line before dblog.error("xx")

log4net.config.xmlconfigurator.configure() 

to set in app.config.

<log4net configsource="log4net.config" /> 

to move whole log4net.config app.config. didn't work.

to set suggested on 1 post. didn't work either.

<appsettings>     <add key="log4net.config" value="log4net.config"/>     <add key="log4net.config.watch" value="true"/> </appsettings> 

to declare instead of getlogger("name") using. no joy either.

private shared readonly log ilog = logmanager.getlogger(system.reflection.methodbase.getcurrentmethod().declaringtype) 

if want move log4net.config file bin/debug, try right-clicking file in solution explorer -> properties -> change value of copy output directory to copy always. i'm not sure if want. so, maybe wrong. feel free correct me. ;)

edit: way write pre-build command. right-click project in solution explorer -> properties -> go build events tab

assuming log4net.config file present in project directory (directory vb files present), following command can given under pre-build event command line,

xcopy "$(projectdir)log4net.config" "$(targetdir)"