Introducing the ReflectInsight Email Listener Destination

July 11, 2013 Leave a comment

We’d like to introduce to you a new destination listener extension for ReflectInsight for sending emails. This new destination listener extension is called ReflectSoftware.Insight.Listeners.Email and allows you to send logging messages via email. This is typically done for Exceptions, Errors and Fatal messages types where you might want to be notified via email if something went wrong in your application.

Email Destination Listener Configuration

1. Download and install the ReflectInsight Viewer. You will need this installed to view your messages from the ReflectInsight Logging Extensions.

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2. Download the ReflectInsight Listener Extension Binaries or Source and rebuild if necessary. We already include the *ReflectSoftware.Insight.Listeners.Email.dll* in the libraries folder as part of the above ReflectInsight download, but we will be removing this and making it available as a NuGet package as part of the next release. We will provide more details about this when it’s available on NuGet.

3. Once you have the ReflectInsight Listener Extensions, go to your project in Visual Studio and add a reference to the following assemblies:

  • ReflectSoftware.Insight.dll
  • ReflectSoftware.Insight.Listeners.Email.dll.

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4. The next step is to configure your app or web configuration file and incorporate the ReflectInsight Email Listener. If you don’t already have an App.config or Web.config, add it. Then open the configuration file and add a new ConfigSection as shown here:

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5. Now you will need to add and configure the <system.net> mail settings section in your configuration file and set the appropriate values:

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6. Now you will need to add the InsightSettings section. You can get started with the following simple configuration which only includes the necessary details for this demo:

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7. Notice the <emailDetails> section. It’s in here that you define your email template. You can pass in parameters, which is shown above for example.

8. In the <listenerGroups> section, you will need to configure the Email destination and include a filter to use. The filter is defined in the <filters> section, which you specify the messages to include or exclude from being sent to that destination. In our example, we only want to include the Error, Exception and Fatal message types. Whenever one of these messages is received, it will be delivered via email.

9. That’s it, you’re done!

NuGet Package

We’ve also created a NuGet package for this extension. You can find it over on Nuget.

To install the ReflectInsight Email Destination Listener extension, run the following command in the Package Manager Console:

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Wrapping Up

As you can see it’s very easy to get started with using the new destination Email Listener. You can view the source and create your own listeners too.

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We welcome any feedback you may have. Feedback can be given at our UserVoice site.

Thanks
ReflectSoftware Team

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Announcing updated release of ReflectInsight Logging Extensions on NuGet/CodePlex

June 2, 2013 1 Comment

We’re pleased to announce an updated release of the ReflectInsight Logging Extension on NuGet Gallery.

This update includes the following bug fixes and improvements:

  • Improvement: Updated support for .NET Diagnostic Debug/Trace to include Sources
  • Improvement: Added support for Enterprise Library Logging Application Block v6.0
  • Improvement: Added support for PostSharp 3.0
  • Improvement: Added support for .NET 4.5 binaries

    Enterprise Library Logging Application Block

    For the Enterprise Library Logging Application Block, we posted 2 package updates to support both v5 and v6 of the Enterprise Library Logging Application Block:

    EnterpriseLibrary.Logging v5
    Install-Package ReflectSoftware.Insight.Extensions.EnterpriseLibrary -Version 5.1.2.5
    EnterpriseLibrary.Logging v6
    Install-Package ReflectSoftware.Insight.Extensions.EnterpriseLibrary

    PostSharp

    We migrated our ReflectSoftware.Insight.Extensions.PostShap extension to support the latest version of of PostSharp, version 3.0.0.26.

    For more information about the ReflectInsight Extensions, along with documentation, source, samples and binaries, please visit our InsightExtensions CodePlex site for more information.

We welcome any feedback you may have. Feedback can be given at our UserVoice site.

Thanks
ReflectSoftware Team

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ReflectInsight Logging Extensions Updated Release on NuGet Gallery

April 5, 2013 Leave a comment

We’re pleased to announce an updated release of the ReflectInsight Logging Extension on NuGet Gallery.

For more information about the ReflectInsight Extensions, along with documentation, sample source and binaries, please visit our InsightExtensions CodePlex Site for more information.

Thanks
ReflectSoftware Team

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Getting Started with the .NET Diagnostic Debug/Trace Insight Extension

March 26, 2013 Leave a comment

We’ve added support for the System.Diagnostics Debug/Trace functionality. This allows you to leverage your current investment in this, but leverage the power and flexibility that comes with the ReflectInsight viewer. You can view your Debug/Trace messages in real-time, in a rich viewer that allows you to filter out and search for what really matters to you.

.NET Diagnostic Debug/Trace Configuration

1. Download and install the ReflectInsight Viewer. You will need this installed to view your messages from the ReflectInsight Logging Extensions.

Download

2. Once you have the ReflectInsight Extensions, go to your project in Visual Studio and add a reference to ReflectSoftware.Insight..dll. 
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3. The next step is to configure your app or web configuration file and incorporate the ReflectInsight appender. If you don’t already have an App.config or Web.config, add it. Then open the configuration file and add a new config section as shown here:

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4. Now you need to add another configuration file to your project for the Insight configuration details. Typically this file is called Insight.config.

5. Now that you’ve added the Insight configuration file to your project, we’ll need to add an entry to your app/web configuration file to reference it:

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6. Now you need to configure your App/Web configuration with a reference to the System.Diagnostics section. You need to add the following section:

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7. That’s it, you’re done!

8. For an even easier setup and configuration, try using our NuGet package which will automate all of this for you.

NuGet Package

We’ve created a NuGet package for our Debug/Trace extension. You can find it over on Nuget.

To install the ReflectInsight Debug/Trace extension, run the following command in the Package Manager Console.

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References

Documentation

Documentation for our ReflectInsight Viewer is available here.
Documentation for our ReflectInsight Logging Extensions can be found here.

ReflectInsight Viewer Download

Download ReflectInsight now and enjoy!

Download

Feedback

We welcome any feedback you may have on our Insight Extensions or the ReflectInsight Viewer. This can be done on our UserVoice site.

The ReflectSoftware Team

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Getting Started with the Enterprise Library Insight Extension

March 18, 2013 Leave a comment

We’ve added support for the Enterprise Library Logging Application block in our extensions. This allows you to leverage your current investment in Enterprise Library Logging, but leverage the power and flexibility that comes with the ReflectInsight Viewer. You can view your Enterprise Library Logging messages in real-time, in a rich viewer that allows you to filter out and search for what really matters to you.

The Enterprise Library extension supports v5.0.505.1 and above. However if you need to support an older version, then you will need to download the ReflectInsight Logging Extensions Library from CodePlex. You can then reference and rebuild the extension against a specific release of the Enterprise Library Logging DLL.

Benefits of ReflectInsight Extensions

The benefits to using the Insight Extensions is that you can easily and quickly add them to your applicable with little effort and then use the ReflectInsight Viewer to view your logging in real-time, allowing you to filter, search, navigate and see the details of your logged messages.

One of the nice benefits of using the Enterprise Library extension is that if the message you log is XML content, then the extension will automatically transform your message into the SendXML message type which will show up in the XML syntax.

Enterprise Library Configuration

1. Download and install the ReflectInsight Viewer. You will need this installed to view your messages from the ReflectInsight Logging Extensions.

Download

2. Download the ReflectInsight Extension Binaries or Source and rebuild if necessary.

3. Once you have the ReflectInsight Extensions, go to your project in Visual Studio and add a reference to ReflectSoftware.Insight.Extensions.EnterpriseLibrary.dll.
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4. The next step is to configure your app or web configuration file and incorporate the ReflectInsight appender. If you don’t already have an App.config or Web.config, add it. Then open the configuration file and add a new config section as shown here:

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5. Now you need to add another configuration file to your project for the Insight configuration. Typically this is called Insight.config.

6. Now that you’ve added the Insight configuration file to your project, we’ll need to add an entry to your app/web configuration file to reference it:

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7. Now you need to configure your Enterprise Library configuration with an reference to the ReflectInsight Appender. You will want to update your logging configuration section to include a listener for the ReflectInsight Extension, as shown here:

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8. That’s it, you’re done!

9. For an even easier setup and configuration, try using our NuGet package which will automate all of this for you.

NuGet Package

We’ve created a NuGet package for our Enterprise Library extension. You can find it over on Nuget.

To install ReflectSoftware.Insight.Extensions.EnterpriseLibrary extension, run the following command in the Package Manager Console.

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References
Documentation

Documentation for our ReflectInsight Viewer is available here.
Documentation for our ReflectInsight Logging Extensions can be found here.

ReflectInsight Viewer Download

Download ReflectInsight now and enjoy!

Download

Feedback

We welcome any feedback you may have on our Insight Extensions or the ReflectInsight Viewer. This can be done on our UserVoice site.

The ReflectSoftware Team

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ReflectInsight and ReflectInsight Logging Extensions are now listed on the Visual Studio Gallery

January 4, 2013 Leave a comment

We’ve added ReflectInsight and the ReflectInsight Logging Extensions Library to the Visual Studio Extension Gallery.

ReflectInsight page on Visual Studio Gallery:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/9c004b46-49e7-4e7f-b15f-c2d239caf32e

ReflectInsight Logging Extensions Library page on Visual Studio Gallery:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/ed333300-4344-4276-a989-cd003d9d55f0?SRC=Home

You can also find them on the Extensions and Updates dialog in Visual Studio:

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Listing ReflectInsight and the ReflectInsight Logging Extensions on the Visual Studio Gallery is just another way for us to inform the community about our products.

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We welcome any feedback you may have. Feedback can be given at our UserVoice site.

Thanks
ReflectSoftware Team

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Happy New Year from ReflectSoftware!

January 3, 2013 Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome back.

As we start off the new year, we wanted to let you know that we will soon be releasing some new updates for the ReflectInsight Viewer and our .NET Logging Extensions that we worked on before breaking for the holidays.

These updates bring some minor bug fixes and improvements to the products. We’ll have more details to share when we release the update.

Stay tuned for more information.

The ReflectSoftware Team

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Getting Started with the NLog Insight Extension

December 1, 2012 Leave a comment

We’ve added support for the NLog appender. This allows you to leverage your current investment in NLog, but leverage the power and flexibility that comes with the ReflectInsight viewer. You can view your NLog messages in real-time, in a rich viewer that allows you to filter out and search for what really matters to you.

The Nlog extension supports v2.0.0.2. However if you need to support an older version, then you will need to download the ReflectInsight Logging Extensions Library from CodePlex. You can then reference and rebuild the extension against your a specific release of the NLog DLL.

NLog Configuration

1. Download and install the ReflectInsight Viewer. You will need this installed to view your messages from the ReflectInsight Logging Extensions.

Download

2. Once you have the ReflectInsight Extensions, go to your project in Visual Studio and add a reference to ReflectSoftware.Insight.Extensions.NLog.dll.
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3. The next step is to configure your app or web configuration file and incorporate the ReflectInsight appender. If you don’t already have an App.config or Web.config, add it. Then open the configuration file and add a new config section as shown here:

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4. Now you need to add another configuration file to your project for the Insight configuration. Typically this is called Insight.config.

5. Now that you’ve added the Insight configuration file to your project, we’ll need to add an entry to your app/web configuration file to reference it:

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6. Now you need to configure your NLog configuration with an reference to the ReflectInsight Appender. Create a new configuration file called NLog.config and update it with the following section:

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7. That’s it, you’re done!

8. For an even easier setup and configuration, try using our NuGet package which will automate all of this for you.

NuGet Package

We’ve created a NuGet package for our NLog extension. You can find it over on Nuget.

To install ReflectSoftware.Insight.Extensions.NLog extension, run the following command in the Package Manager Console.

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References
Documentation

Documentation for our ReflectInsight Viewer is available here.
Documentation for our ReflectInsight Logging Extensions can be found here.

ReflectInsight Viewer Download

Download ReflectInsight now and enjoy!

Download

Feedback

We welcome any feedback you may have on our Insight Extensions or the ReflectInsight Viewer. This can be done on our UserVoice site.

The ReflectSoftware Team

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Getting Started with the Log4net Insight Extension

August 13, 2012 Leave a comment

We’ve added support for the Log4net appender. This allows you to leverage your current investment in log4net, but leverage the power and flexibility that comes with the ReflectInsight viewer. You can view your log4net messages in real-time, in a rich viewer that allows you to filter out and search for what really matters to you.

The log4net extension supports Log4net v1.2.11.0. However if you need to support an older version, then you will need to download the ReflectInsight Logging Extensions Library from CodePlex. You can then reference and rebuild the extension against a specific release of the log4net DLL.

Log4net Configuration

1. Download the ReflectInsight Extension Binaries or Source and rebuild if necessary.

2. Once you have the ReflectInsight Extensions, go to your project in Visual Studio and add a reference to ReflectSoftware.Insight.Extensions.Log4net.dll.
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3. The next step is to configure your app or web configuration file and incorporate the ReflectInsight appender. If you don’t already have an App.config or Web.config, add it. Then open the configuration file and add a new config section as shown here:

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4. Now you need to add another configuration file to your project for the Insight configuration. Typically this is called Insight.config.

5. Now that you’ve added the Insight configuration file to your project, we’ll need to add an entry to your app/web configuration file to reference it:

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6. Now you need to configure your log4net configuration with an reference to the ReflectInsight Appender. Update your log4net section with the following:

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7. That’s it, you’re done!

8. For an even easier setup and configuration, try using our NuGet package which will automate all of this for you.

NuGet Package

We’ve created a NuGet package for our Log4net extension. You can find it over on Nuget.

To install ReflectSoftware.Insight.Extensions.Log4net extension, run the following command in the Package Manager Console.

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References

Documentation

Documentation for our ReflectInsight Viewer is available here.
Documentation for our ReflectInsight Logging Extensions can be found here.

Feedback

Feedback on our Insight Extensions or the ReflectInsight Viewer can be done on our UserVoice site.

ReflectInsight Viewer Download

The ReflectInsight Viewer can be download from here.

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