Service Writing Log Files With My.Application.Log To Wrong Folder
Nov 5, 2010
I have written a VB.NET (2005) service that is using My.Application.Log to write log entries to a FileLogTraceListener. I have configured the Listener in app.config to write the log file to the executable file's directory by using
location="ExecutableDirectory"
When the service runs, it writes log entries just fine, but they are not in the executable file's folder, but rather in Documents and SettingsLocalServiceApplicationData....1.0.0.0mylog.log
Why is the location parameter not being honored?
Here is the complete system.diagnostics section from my app.config.
<system.diagnostics>
<sources>
<!-- This section defines the logging configuration for My.Application.Log -->
<source name="SplintService" switchName="DefaultSwitch">
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heres an outline of what im doing:
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Imports System.ServiceProcess Imports System.IO Public Class fswService
[Code].....
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