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            Constructs a PatternLayout using the supplied conversion pattern
            </div><p></p><b>Namespace:</b> <a href="N_log4net_Layout.htm" target="">log4net.Layout</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="keyword">public</span> <span class="identifier">PatternLayout</span>(
	<span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="parameter">pattern</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>public PatternLayout(
	string pattern
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre><span class="keyword">Public</span> <span class="keyword">Sub</span> <span class="identifier">New</span> ( 
	<span class="parameter">pattern</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">String</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>Public Sub New ( 
	pattern As String
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre><span class="keyword">public</span>:
<span class="identifier">PatternLayout</span>(
	<span class="identifier">String</span>^ <span class="parameter">pattern</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>public:
PatternLayout(
	String^ pattern
)</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="pattern"><dt><span class="parameter">pattern</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/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">System<span id="ID0EBCAAADAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EBCAAADAAAAA?vb=.|cpp=::|cs=.|fs=.|nu=.");
				</script>String</a><br /><span>the pattern to use</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>
            Note to Inheritors: This constructor calls the virtual method
            <a href="M_log4net_Layout_PatternLayout_CreatePatternParser.htm" target="">CreatePatternParser(String)</a>. If you override this method be
            aware that it will be called before your is called constructor.
            </p><p>
            When using this constructor the <a href="M_log4net_Layout_PatternLayout_ActivateOptions.htm" target="">ActivateOptions<span id="ID0EABACAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EABACAAAAA?vb=|cpp=()|cs=()|fs=()|nu=()");
				</script></a> method 
            need not be called. This may not be the case when using a subclass.
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