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				</script>Configure Method (ILoggerRepository, FileInfo)</td><td class="OH_tdRunningTitleColumn">Apache log4net™ SDK Documentation</td></tr></table><div id="mainSection"><div id="mainBody"><span class="introStyle"></span><div class="summary">
            Configures the <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm" target="">ILoggerRepository</a> using the specified configuration 
            file.
            </div><p></p><b>Namespace:</b> <a href="N_log4net_Config.htm" target="">log4net.Config</a><br /><b>Assembly:</b> <span sdata="assembly">log4net</span> (in log4net.dll) Version: 1.2.15.0 (1.2.15.0)<div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Syntax</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div><div id="snippetGroup_Syntax" class="code"><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainer"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabs" id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tabs"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeftActive" id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tabimgleft"></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tab1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabActive" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECBDAAAAA','C#','1','4');return false;">C#</a></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tab2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECBDAAAAA','Visual Basic','2','4');return false;">VB</a></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tab3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECBDAAAAA','Visual C++','3','4');return false;">C++</a></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tab4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabDisabledNotFirst" EnableCopyCode="true" disabled="true"><a>F#</a></div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRight" id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tabimgright"></div></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_codecollection" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCodeCollection"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBar"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBarText"><a id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_ViewColorized" href="#" onclick="javascript:ExchangeTitleContent('ID0ECBDAAAAA','4')" title="View Colorized" style="display: none">View Colorized</a><a id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_copycode" href="#" onclick="javascript:CopyToClipboard('ID0ECBDAAAAA','4')" title="Copy to Clipboard">Copy to Clipboard</a><a id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_PrintText" class="OH_PrintText" href="#" onclick="javascript:Print('ID0ECBDAAAAA','4')" title="Print">Print</a></div></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: block"><pre>[<span class="identifier">ObsoleteAttribute</span>("Use XmlConfigurator.Configure instead of DOMConfigurator.Configure")]
<span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">Configure</span>(
	<span class="identifier">ILoggerRepository</span> <span class="parameter">repository</span>,
	<span class="identifier">FileInfo</span> <span class="parameter">configFile</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>[ObsoleteAttribute("Use XmlConfigurator.Configure instead of DOMConfigurator.Configure")]
public static void Configure(
	ILoggerRepository repository,
	FileInfo configFile
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>&lt;<span class="identifier">ObsoleteAttribute</span>("Use XmlConfigurator.Configure instead of DOMConfigurator.Configure")&gt; 
<span class="keyword">Public</span> <span class="keyword">Shared</span> <span class="keyword">Sub</span> <span class="identifier">Configure</span> ( 
	<span class="parameter">repository</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">ILoggerRepository</span>,
	<span class="parameter">configFile</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">FileInfo</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>&lt;ObsoleteAttribute("Use XmlConfigurator.Configure instead of DOMConfigurator.Configure")&gt; 
Public Shared Sub Configure ( 
	repository As ILoggerRepository,
	configFile As FileInfo
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre><span class="keyword">public</span>:
[<span class="identifier">ObsoleteAttribute</span>(L"Use XmlConfigurator.Configure instead of DOMConfigurator.Configure")]
<span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">Configure</span>(
	<span class="identifier">ILoggerRepository</span>^ <span class="parameter">repository</span>, 
	<span class="identifier">FileInfo</span>^ <span class="parameter">configFile</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>public:
[ObsoleteAttribute(L"Use XmlConfigurator.Configure instead of DOMConfigurator.Configure")]
static void Configure(
	ILoggerRepository^ repository, 
	FileInfo^ configFile
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div></div></div><script>addSpecificTextLanguageTagSet('ID0ECBDAAAAA');</script></div><div id="parameters"><h4 class="subHeading">Parameters</h4><dl paramName="repository"><dt><span class="parameter">repository</span></dt><dd>Type: <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm" target="">log4net.Repository<span id="ID0EBCABADAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
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				</script>ILoggerRepository</a><br /><span>The repository to configure.</span></dd></dl><dl paramName="configFile"><dt><span class="parameter">configFile</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/akth6b1k" target="_blank">System.IO<span id="ID0EBCAAADAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
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				</script>FileInfo</a><br /><span>The XML file to load the configuration from.</span></dd></dl></div><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Remarks</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div><p><b>DOMConfigurator is obsolete. Use XmlConfigurator instead of DOMConfigurator.</b></p><p>
            The configuration file must be valid XML. It must contain
            at least one element called <span class="code">log4net</span> that holds
            the configuration data.
            </p><p>
            The log4net configuration file can possible be specified in the application's
            configuration file (either <span class="code">MyAppName.exe.config</span> for a
            normal application on <span class="code">Web.config</span> for an ASP.NET application).
            </p><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Examples</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div>
            The following example configures log4net using a configuration file, of which the 
            location is stored in the application's configuration file :
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<span class="highlight-keyword">using</span> System.IO;
<span class="highlight-keyword">using</span> System.Configuration;

...

DOMConfigurator.Configure(<span class="highlight-keyword">new</span> FileInfo(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings[<span class="highlight-literal">"log4net-config-file"</span>]));</pre></div><div id="ID0ECCAAAAA_code_Plain_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>using log4net.Config;
using System.IO;
using System.Configuration;

...

DOMConfigurator.Configure(new FileInfo(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["log4net-config-file"]));</pre></div><div id="ID0ECCAAAAA_code_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div><div id="ID0ECCAAAAA_code_Plain_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div><div id="ID0ECCAAAAA_code_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div><div id="ID0ECCAAAAA_code_Plain_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div><div id="ID0ECCAAAAA_code_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div><div id="ID0ECCAAAAA_code_Plain_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div></div></div><script>addSpecificTextLanguageTagSet('ID0ECCAAAAA');</script><p>
            In the <span class="code">.config</span> file, the path to the log4net can be specified like this :
            </p><div id="ID0EACAAAAA" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainer"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabs" id="ID0EACAAAAA_tabs"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeft" id="ID0EACAAAAA_tabimgleft"></div><div id="ID0EACAAAAA_tab1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabSolo" EnableCopyCode="true"><a xmlns="">XML</a></div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRight" id="ID0EACAAAAA_tabimgright"></div></div><div id="ID0EACAAAAA_codecollection" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCodeCollection"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBar"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBarText"><a id="ID0EACAAAAA_ViewColorized" href="#" onclick="javascript:ExchangeTitleContent('ID0EACAAAAA','4')" title="View Colorized" style="display: none">View Colorized</a><a id="ID0EACAAAAA_copycode" href="#" onclick="javascript:CopyToClipboard('ID0EACAAAAA','4')" title="Copy to Clipboard">Copy to Clipboard</a><a id="ID0EACAAAAA_PrintText" class="OH_PrintText" href="#" onclick="javascript:Print('ID0EACAAAAA','4')" title="Print">Print</a></div></div><div id="ID0EACAAAAA_code_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: block"><pre><span class="highlight-xml-bracket">&lt;</span><span class="highlight-xml-tag">configuration</span><span class="highlight-xml-bracket">&gt;</span><span class="highlight-xml-bracket">&lt;</span><span class="highlight-xml-tag">appSettings</span><span class="highlight-xml-bracket">&gt;</span><span class="highlight-xml-bracket">&lt;</span><span class="highlight-xml-tag">add</span> <span class="highlight-xml-attribute-name">key</span><span class="highlight-xml-attribute-equal">=</span><span class="highlight-xml-attribute-value">"log4net-config-file"</span> <span class="highlight-xml-attribute-name">value</span><span class="highlight-xml-attribute-equal">=</span><span class="highlight-xml-attribute-value">"log.config"</span> <span class="highlight-xml-bracket">/&gt;</span><span class="highlight-xml-bracket">&lt;/</span><span class="highlight-xml-tag">appSettings</span><span class="highlight-xml-bracket">&gt;</span><span class="highlight-xml-bracket">&lt;/</span><span class="highlight-xml-tag">configuration</span><span class="highlight-xml-bracket">&gt;</span></pre></div><div id="ID0EACAAAAA_code_Plain_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;appSettings&gt;&lt;add key="log4net-config-file" value="log.config" /&gt;&lt;/appSettings&gt;&lt;/configuration&gt;</pre></div></div></div><script>addSpecificTextLanguageTagSet('ID0EACAAAAA');</script><a name="seeAlsoSection"><!----></a><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">See Also</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="T_log4net_Config_DOMConfigurator.htm" target="">DOMConfigurator Class</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="AllMembers_T_log4net_Config_DOMConfigurator.htm" target="">DOMConfigurator Members</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="Overload_log4net_Config_DOMConfigurator_Configure.htm" target="">Configure Overload</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="N_log4net_Config.htm" target="">log4net.Config Namespace</a></div></div></div></div></div><div id="OH_footer" class="OH_footer"><p>Apache log4net, Apache and log4net are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.</p><p><a href="http://logging.apache.org/log4net/" target="_blank"><img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /> 
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