C#.Net : How to read trace file path defined in App.config through .net code?

Question

Trace File Path in App.Config as follows -

<loggingConfiguration name="Logging Application Block" tracingEnabled="true" defaultCategory="General" logWarningsWhenNoCategoriesMatch="true">
      <listeners>
         <add fileName="D:\trace.log" header="----------------------------------------" footer="----------------------------------------" formatter="" listenerDataType="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Configuration.FlatFileTraceListenerData, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=5.0.414.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" traceOutputOptions="None" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.TraceListeners.FlatFileTraceListener, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=5.0.414.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" name="FileTraceListener" />
      </listeners>
      <formatters>
         <add template="Timestamp: {timestamp}{newline} Message: {message}{newline} Category: {category}{newline} Priority: {priority}{newline} EventId: {eventid}{newline} Severity: {severity}{newline} Title:{title}{newline} Machine: {localMachine}{newline} App Domain: {localAppDomain}{newline} ProcessId: {localProcessId}{newline} Process Name: {localProcessName}{newline} Thread Name: {threadName}{newline} Win32 ThreadId:{win32ThreadId}{newline} Extended Properties: {dictionary({key} - {value}{newline})}" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Formatters.TextFormatter, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=5.0.414.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" name="Text Formatter" />
      </formatters>
      <categorySources>
         <add switchValue="All" name="General">
            <listeners>
               <add name="FileTraceListener" />
            </listeners>
         </add>      
      </categorySources>
      <specialSources>
         <allEvents switchValue="All" name="All Events" />
         <notProcessed switchValue="All" name="Unprocessed Category" />
         <errors switchValue="All" name="Logging Errors &amp; Warnings">
            <listeners>
               <add name="FileTraceListener" />
            </listeners>
         </errors>
      </specialSources>
</loggingConfiguration>

Here we have defined one listener i.e. FileTraceListener. Please help me to get following answers -

1. How to access the trace path?
2. How to write details into trace file?

Answer 1

You are using Enterprise Library Logging, so to get the first logger you would use this code:

LoggingSettings loggingSettings = (LoggingSettings)ConfigurationManager.GetSection(LoggingSettings.SectionName);
TraceListenerData traceListenerData = loggingSettings.TraceListeners.Get(0);
FlatFileTraceListenerData objFlatFileTraceListenerData = traceListenerData as FlatFileTraceListenerData;

string logFilePath = objFlatFileTraceListenerData.FileName; 

Note: If you want to get a specific listener replace Get(0) with Get("FlatFile TraceListener"); etc.