Message Log Component in C#

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What I want to have is a box that displays a list of messages in chronological order (most recent at the bottom) like is common in FTP apps and IDEs. Here's the FileZilla message log:

Example of message log in FileZilla http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9247/messageloginfilezilla.png

At the moment, I'm getting similar functionality from a read only text box, but this isn't perfect.

Bonus points for the following:

Context menu has the option of "copy this message"
Filtering by "level"
Option to write log to file

So, your question is "can anyone recommend such a component"? — Oded, Jun 23 '10 at 12:37
why not use a list instead of a text box? Though this answer used a text box initially: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2196097/elegant-log-window-in-winforms-c — NG., Jun 23 '10 at 12:38
@Oded Yep, that's pretty much it. Not got my language head screwed on yet. — Tom Wright, Jun 23 '10 at 12:42
@SB Some great advice in that thread - thanks for posting it. — Tom Wright, Jun 23 '10 at 14:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '10 at 12:40

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You could log into Event Log. It has quite usable interface. You can also use Enterprise Library if you plan to switch to database, file or other logging destination which enterprise library supports

answered Jun 23 '10 at 12:40

Sergej Andrejev

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I might be missing something, but do they offer any way to view the logs? It's really the component I'm after. – Tom Wright Jun 23 '10 at 12:45
Windows has a standard Event Viewer application you can view your logs with - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Viewer – Sergej Andrejev Jun 23 '10 at 12:47
I eventually used this in conjunction with a ListView component. – Tom Wright Jun 24 '10 at 12:37

Jens Granlund · Answer 2 · 2010-06-23T13:00:10.950

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Here is one in WPF made for log4net: C# WPF Log4Net Viewer

Edit:
Log2Console is an utility(winforms) based on ListView control for handling logs during development: Log2Console - A Generic Log Viewer (for Log4Net, NLog...)

edited Jun 23 '10 at 13:00

answered Jun 23 '10 at 12:43

Jens Granlund

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Yeah, I'm opting for a ListView too for now. – Tom Wright Jun 23 '10 at 14:05

Message Log Component in C#

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