My.Application.Log Property

Article
11/16/2012

Gets an object that provides properties and methods for writing event and exception information to the application's log listeners.

' Usage
Dim value As Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.Log = My.Application.Log
' Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Log As MyLog

Property Value

This property returns the My.Application.Log object for the current application.

Remarks

This property provides easy access to the My.Application.Log object. For more information, see My.Application.Log Object.

Example

This example shows how to use the My.Application.Log.WriteEntry method to log tracing information. For more information, see How to: Write Log Messages.

Public Sub TracingTest(ByVal fileName As String)
    My.Application.Log.WriteEntry( _
        "Entering TracingTest with argument " & _
        fileName & ".")
    ' Code to trace goes here.
    My.Application.Log.WriteEntry( _
        "Exiting TracingTest with argument " & _
        fileName & ".")
End Sub

Requirements

Namespace:Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices

Class:ApplicationBase

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Availability by Project Type

Project type	Available
Windows Application	Yes
Class Library	Yes
Console Application	Yes
Windows Control Library	Yes
Web Control Library	No
Windows Service	Yes
Web Site	No

Permissions

The following permission may be necessary:

Permission	Description
FileIOPermission	Controls the ability to access files and folders. Associated enumeration: Unrestricted.

For more information, see Code Access Security and Requesting Permissions.