Mew.LogAndEventHelper 1.0.0.8-beta

AppLogAndEventHelper

This library was firstly developed for Desktop applications on .Net Framework 4.0, and now I am trying to upgrade it.

App Helper. What does it do?

First purpose was logging, debuging by the help of log.

It has EventCatcher, that catches events like:

//some result of work
AppLogAndEventHelper.Instance.RaiseEvent(EventType.Result, "P = ", 2 * (a + b));
//or
AppLogAndEventHelper.Instance.RaiseDebugInfo(some_string, some_array);

Event contains of EventType, Thread, Timestamp, Method (where it was raised, may be buggy) and array of Comments (user passed info)

To add a receiver:

//creating app log with inbuild receivers
AppLogAndEventHelper.Instance.AddLog("MyAppName.log");
//or
AppLogAndEventHelper.Instance.AddReceiver(WriteEventToConsole);

...

public static void WriteEventToConsole(Event e) {
    if (e.Type < EventType.Info) // filter debug info
        return;

    Console.WriteLine($"{e.Type.ToString().PadRight(5)} {e.Time:hh:mm:ss}: {e.CommentsToString()}");
}

So you may

• create you own log (please use class Log), put your own formatting and colors. HTML? You are welcome
• use pop-up receivers for error alerts
• ...

By the way, by default you will receive error messages in Debug Console in VS.

Do not forget to dispose

if you want to use app log better do it this way:

internal class Program {
    private static void Main(string[] args) {
        AppLogAndEventHelper.Instance.AddLog("MyAppName.log");

        try {

            ...

        }
        catch (Exception ex) {
            AppLogAndEventHelper.Instance.RaiseError(ex);
        }
        finally {
            AppLogAndEventHelper.Instance.Dispose();
        }
    }
}

What else?

Other usefull tools here

• Formatter - creates own format for types/classes/values. For example: arrays, lists.
• RotatingLog - type of app log for applications working 24/7. Each new day it creates new log file. You may use app log and RotatingLog together
• EmailManager - under constraction. Supose to send current rotating log file on receiving errors. Also I dream to use telegram bot for that)
• PackagingExtensions - Base64 incode/decode, MD5 calculation
• FileReadWriteExtensions - reading and writing to files as extension to String and FileInfo

NuGet package

You may see here Mew.LogAndEventHelper on NuGet

for Package Manager

Install-Package Mew.LogAndEventHelper -Version 1.0.0.7-beta

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