Trace listener question

[Jason]

Hi,

I'm a little confused on using a trace listener. I'm doing this (winforms
app btw not web app)

TextWriterTraceListener listener = new
TextWriterTraceListener("TraceOutput.txt", "filetrace");
Trace.Listeners.Add(listener);
Trace.WriteLine("Starting My Program ")

But in my other forms when I do a Trace.Writeline they don't get written to
the output.txt file. Am I supposed to create new tracelisteners for all the
forms in my project (that I wish to have trace messages)? and what about two
listeners trying to access the output.txt file at the same time?
It's not clear in the docs or anything I can find what to do in this
situation.

Thanks!!

 

[Ken Kolda]

What you're doing (with one TraceListener) sounds correct. Are you sure
you're writing to the Trace object after you've attached the
TextWriterTracListener? Also, have you called Trace.Flush() to see if that
resolves the problem?

Ken

 

[Jason]

Woops my mistake. It does work like that, the code was never being executed.

Thanks !!