LiveForensics.LogFileHelper 1.0.1

using LiveForensics.LogFileHelper;
using System;

namespace LogFileDemo
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // create a simple log file
            LogFileHelper log1 = new LogFileHelper(@"c:\temp\mylog.log");
            // and write something to it
            log1.WriteToLogFile("Something happened");
            Console.WriteLine("Press a key to continue");
            Console.ReadKey();
            // clean out the log file
            log1.Clear();
            // change the maximum size, the default is 1M byte
            log1.SetMaximumLogSize(2000000);

            // set up a log file with some categories
            LogFileHelper log2 = new LogFileHelper(@"c:\temp\mylog2.log");
            log2.AddCategory("Error", true);
            log2.AddCategory("Warning", true);
            log2.AddCategory("Info", true);

            // write to a category
            // if the category is active, the message is written to the log file
            log2.WriteToLogFile("Something bad happened!", "Error");
            log2.WriteToLogFile("New file was created", "Info");

            // we don't want to see info messages
            log2.HideCategory("Info");
            // just to prove it won't get written
            log2.WriteToLogFile("this won't appear in the log", "Info");
            // turn info back on
            log2.ShowCategory("Info");
            log2.WriteToLogFile("and we're back", "Info");

            // create log files inside the system log folder
            // in my case C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\mynewproduct\mylog3.log
            LogFileHelper log3 = new LogFileHelper("mylog3.log", "mynewproduct");
            log3.WriteToLogFile("Something happened");

        }
    }
}