Logging with the .NET sdk?

[jbennett1]

I'm trying to figure out how to log using the .NET SDK so far the only decent reference I came across is this link below:

.NET SDK Logging Configuration

However when I add this information to the App.config file (part of the file in the link above) I get several different exceptions. If I remove these then it'll compile but then there is no Log file/directory created. (If it is I can't find it anywhere)

<source name="com.thingworx.communications.client.TwApiWrapper" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

        <source name="com.thingworx.communications.client.ConnectedThingClient" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

        <source name="com.thingworx.communications.client.things.VirtualThing" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

Hope someone can help!

[ttielebein]

Hello,

What are the exceptions that you are seeing when you add the configuration given in that Community post?

Thanks!

Tori

[jbennett1]

Hi Tori,

Hope all is well!, this is first point it breaks!

Kind regards

John

[ptc-5082906]

Hi John, if you cannot connect the .NET SDK to the ThingWorx platform you can disable encryption as explained on the .NET SDK Developers Guide (page 20).

client.DisableEncryption(); // replace this line from .NET Dev Guide with one of the below lines.
BaseClient.disableEncryption(); // OR
ConnectedThingClient.disableEncryption();

Let me know if this helps.

[jbennett1]

Heya, unfortunately these made no difference, got the same error.

John

[ptc-5082906]

John, I would first revert the "App.config" file to it's initial state or to the one before the logging configuration (maybe also remove thingworx-dotnet-common.dll from the project) to be able to build my project without errors.

Then if you cannot connect to the ThingWorx platform I would use the "BaseClient.disableEncryption();" function.

As an alternative you can start with the examples provided in the the .NET SDK Developers Guide and integrate them into you project.

[jbennett1]

Heya, Sorry maybe we are at crossed wires, I can connect to TW fine with only half of the above App.config file which is fine but if I use the full version (which I assume is what I needed for logging to work) then I get that error.

John

[mhollenbach]

John,

If you use the entire app.config file provided in the example you linked in your original post do you still see the same errors?

Meghan

[jbennett1 · Accepted solution]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies, I've managed to figure out the correct App.Configuration code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<configuration>

  <system.diagnostics>

    <sources>

  <source name="com.thingworx.common.utils.JSONUtilities" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

        <source name="com.thingworx.communications.client.TwApiWrapper" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

        <source name="com.thingworx.communications.client.BaseClient" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

        <source name="com.thingworx.communications.client.ConnectedThingClient" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

        <source name="com.thingworx.communications.client.things.contentloader.ContentLoaderVirtualThing" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

        <source name="com.thingworx.communications.client.things.filetransfer.FileTransferVirtualThing" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

        <source name="com.thingworx.communications.client.things.VirtualThing" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

        <source name="com.thingworx.metadata.annotations.MetadataAnnotationParser" switchName="SourceSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch" >

          <listeners>

            <add name="file" />

          </listeners>

        </source>

</sources>

<switches>

  <add name="SourceSwitch" value="Verbose" />

  </switches>

  <sharedListeners>

    <add name="file" type="com.thingworx.common.logging.FixedFieldTraceListener, thingworx-dotnet-common, Version=5.6.1.1100, Culture=neutral"/>

  </sharedListeners>

  <trace autoflush="true" indentsize="4" />

</system.diagnostics>

</configuration>

Not sure why it didn't like the last line PublicKeyToken=null" initializeData="false" ​but all is working now.

Hopefully this is useful to someone else.

John