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							</th><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr data="public;inherited;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /></td><td><a href="M_log4net_Layout_LayoutSkeleton_Format.htm">Format(LoggingEvent)</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Convenience method for easily formatting the logging event into a string variable.
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            Produces a formatted string.
            </div> (Overrides <a href="M_log4net_Layout_LayoutSkeleton_Format_1.htm">LayoutSkeleton<span id="LSTDC25AEE2_1"></span><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTDC25AEE2_1?cs=.|vb=.|cpp=::|nu=.|fs=.");</script>Format(TextWriter, LoggingEvent)</a>.)</td></tr></table><a href="#mainBody">Top</a><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion" id="seeAlsoSection"><div class="OH_regiontitle">See Also</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div><h4 class="subHeading">Reference</h4><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="T_log4net_Layout_XmlLayoutBase.htm">XmlLayoutBase Class</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="N_log4net_Layout.htm">log4net.Layout Namespace</a></div></div></div></div></div><div id="OH_footer" class="OH_footer">Apache log4net, Apache and log4net are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.<p><a href="http://logging.apache.org/log4net/" target="_blank">Copyright 2004-2017 The Apache Software Foundation</a></p><div class="OH_feedbacklink">Send comments on this topic to
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