Step 1 : Click here to Download Log4net Dll from official site.
Step 2 : Unzip the Downloaded Zip File. Navigate to this path .
C:\Users\Gokul\Downloads\Compressed\log4net-1.2.15-bin-newkey_2\log4net-1.2.15\bin\net
Step 3 : Select your asp.net framework version folder and click on release folder ,
C:\Users\Gokul\Downloads\Compressed\log4net-1.2.15-bin-newkey_2\log4net-1.2.15\bin\net\2.0\release
and copy log4net.dll from that folder and paste it in the bin folder of your applciation.
For Ex : C:\Users\Gokul\Documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\Log4net2.0\Log4net2.0\bin
Step 4 : Now add reference of log44Net dll to your applcaition by ,
Right Clicking on you Project , Add Reference > click on Browse .
Navigate to the path of Bin where You pasted the Log4Net dll.
For Eg : Here C:\Users\Gokul\Documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\Log4net2.0\Log4net2.0\bin
Select the Log4net dll from that path and then click ok to the Log4net dll Reference to our Project.
Step 5 : Now in Your Assemblyinfo.cs File , add this line of code
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch = true)] as showed in image Below.
Step 6 : Now add this line of Code in your Global.asax in the Application_Start
protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
}
Step 7 : Now in web.config file add this code in , <configuration> Section
<configSections>
<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
</configSections>
<log4net>
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="D:/log.txt"/>
<appendToFile value="true"/>
<rollingStyle value="Size"/>
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10"/>
<maximumFileSize value="1MB"/>
<staticLogFileName value="true"/>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.SimpleLayout"/>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender"/>
</root>
</log4net>
Like below in my Web.cofig file ,
Step 7 : In the web pages where you want to Log your Information of the user activities .
Add this Line of code , as below in image of my sample Default.aspx page.
private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
log.Info(" Your Message here to log when user visited this page .");
