Serilog.Sinks.WinForms 2.2.3

Writes Serilog events to Windows Froms Application TextBox or Datagridview control from anywhere in your application.

Getting started

Install the Serilog.Sinks.WinForms package from NuGet:

Install-Package Serilog.Sinks.WinForms

To configure the sink in C# code, call WriteToSimpleTextBox() or WriteToJsonTextBox() or WriteToGridView() during logger configuration:

Simple Text Formatted Log

SimpleLogTextBox can be used from visual studio toolbox once the package is added to the project.

Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
                        .WriteToSimpleTextBox()
                        .CreateLogger();

SimpleLogTextBox with custom Configuration. SimpleLogTextBox accepts ITextFormatter

Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
                        .WriteToSimpleTextBox(new MessageTemplateTextFormatter("{Timestamp} [{Level}] {Message} {Exception}"))
                        .CreateLogger();

Json Formatted Log

JsonLogTextBox can be used from visual studio toolbox once the package is added to the project.

Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
                        .WriteToJsonTextBox()
                        .CreateLogger();

JsonLogTextBox with custom Configuration. JsonLogTextBox accepts ITextFormatter

Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
                        .WriteToSimpleTextBox(new JsonFormatter())
                        .CreateLogger();

Datagridview Log

GridLog can be used from visual studio toolbox once the package is added to the project.

Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
                        .WriteToGridView()
                        .CreateLogger();