[LOG4NET-259] Log4Net does not create a new tab in Chainsaw

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.10
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.12
• Component/s: Documentation
• Assignee: Dominik Psenner
• Reporter: David Mackersie
• Created: 01/Jun/10 20:23
• Updated: 07/Aug/13 12:09
• Resolved: 06/Jun/13 09:18

Description

I believe the problem is in XmlLayoutSchemaLog4j, and that you need to change "log4japp" to "application".

According to the Chainsaw tutorial:
Chainsaw automatically looks inside each received LoggingEvent for a special Application property to determine which tab to route an event to. If it cannot find this property, it attempts to use a secondary property usually added via the SocketAppender or SocketHubAppender which identify the remote host of these events. If neither of these are found, Chainsaw routes events to a default "Unknown" tab.

Logging events generated internally by chainsaw include the following properties:
<log4j:properties>
<log4j:data name="application" value="Generator 1"/>
<log4j:data name="hostname" value="localhost"/>
<log4j:data name="log4jid" value="2"/>
<log4j:data name="some string" value="some valueGenerator 1"/>
</log4j:properties>

Logging events generated by XmlLayoutSchemaLog4j include the following properties:
<log4j:properties>
<log4j:data name="log4net:UserName" value="DOMAIN\username"/>
<log4j:data name="log4jid" value="281"/>
<log4j:data name="log4jmachinename" value="machineName"/>
<log4j:data name="log4net:HostName" value="machineName"/>
<log4j:data name="log4japp" value="Application.exe"/>
</log4j:properties>

See also: http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg05361.html

UPDATE: Documentation issue. See comments below.