After some critical errors within my application, i like to send an email to the help desk. Within the body, there should be a link to the actual log file in progress. Therefore i need a property (perhaps ActualLogFiles – an IEnumerable) on the session, containing this/these filename(s).

LogWarning, LogError, etc all have icons corresponding to their levels. However, generic calls like LogColored will alway show the Message level icon even if another level (Debug..Fatal) if not overridden by a specific graphic like database results, the appropriate level icon should be displayed.

Doing some automation that will automatically update the redistributable console as part of our own product installs for any of our software packages using it and noticed an issue. The installer has an actual product version number like 3.4.1.5 but for the actual SmartConsole.EXEs, it is always 1.0.0.0. The other product metadata should also be […]

It is not necessary anymore to specify the method name on every call to EnterMethod/LeaveMethod. The CallerMemberName attribute provides the name of the calling method automatically. Try the snippet below. void Main() { MethodNameToBeLogged(); } public void MethodNameToBeLogged() { EnterMethod(); LeaveMethod(); } public void EnterMethod([CallerMemberName] string memberName = "") { Console.WriteLine($"Entering method '{memberName}'"); } public […]

To be able to use the .NET Core approach using IConfiguration, the SmartInspect settings might be moved to a JSON file into its own section. Especially the ability to override the file settings by user secrets is useful. It makes developers independent from each other and it is easier to handle the JSON file by […]

On a pre-build operation the Enter/Leave calls may be generated automatically. [SiGenerateEnterLeave] // For all methods within this class Enter/Leave will be generated public class SomeClass { } [SiGenerateEnterLeave] // For this method Enter/Leave will be generated public void SomeMethod() { } SiGenerateEnterLeave may have parameters for the log level to be used or the […]

In a larger project or for commonly used method names it is difficult to read the log and identify the method. So passing the type allows displaying the type, too e.g. MyClass.MyMethod(…)

Enter/Leave sections (Method, Tasks, Threads, ..) could display automatically the execution time, which is often interesting and SmartInspect can display this without any effort of the developer. Execution time should be displayed in the enter and/or leave line in the log. I can provide you with an implementation in combination with my IDisposable feature if […]

Provide a section object for various section methods (e.g. Method, Task, Thread, …) replacing the Enter/Leave method combination and the try/finally construct for safely leaving an entered section. Then logging can be done easily and safely by a single statement e.g. using var _ = Si.Section.MethodSection(type); I have also added (see extra feature requests) * […]

The basic filtering mechanism is great, but often is would be even better if multiple filters could be applied to a view. For example: In a single view it would be great to see just warnings and errors in SessionA AND All SessionB messages except for those beginning with "Checking for" AND all logging from […]