Read MP Config inside plugin (1 Viewer)

[Walzing]

Hi,

I have started to write a small plugin and now want to add some logging. But it seems I can't find any ressources, howto get the logging working. I have looked at MyTVServies and MovingPictures. But it seems they do their own logging stuff.
So I thought I could write to my own log, but I didn't find a function, that will give me the path to the current log path.
Is there a function to access the configuration?

 

[jameson_uk]

Do you want your own log file or do you want the details logged to mediaportal.log?

Have a look at
WebLookup.cs - musicinfohandler - Artist / Album Info Scraper for MediaPortal - Google Project Hosting

If you want to just log to mediaportal.log then add

using MediaPortal.GUI.Library;

and simply add whatever Log level you want in your code

Log.Info("This is some info");
Log.Debug("Some debug info: myString = {0}", myString);

 

[Walzing]

AW: Read MP Config inside plugin

Thx alot - such a simple solution.
I will use Mediaportal.log in first place.

Just tested - but I seem to miss something:

2011-09-21 19:54:18.501992 [Info.][B][(7)][/B]: Starting Copy
2011-09-21 19:54:18.531994 [Info.][MPMain(1)]:

It only displays (7) instead of MyPlugin(7).

 

[jameson_uk]

Re: AW: Read MP Config inside plugin

Thx alot - such a simple solution.
I will use Mediaportal.log in first place.

Just tested - but I seem to miss something:

2011-09-21 19:54:18.501992 [Info.][B][(7)][/B]: Starting Copy
2011-09-21 19:54:18.531994 [Info.][MPMain(1)]:

It only displays (7) instead of MyPlugin(7).

The 7 is just an ID so ignore that. If you want your plugin mentioned you can just say

Log.Info("Myplugin: Starting Copy");

and you will get

2011-09-21 19:54:18.501992 [Info.][(7)]: Myplugin: Starting Copy

To do what you are trying I think you need to thread everything and it will pick up the thread name

 

[Walzing]

AW: Read MP Config inside plugin

To do what you are trying I think you need to thread everything and it will pick up the thread name

Thx alot - just to come back with the solution:

        void _timer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
        {
            Thread thread = Thread.CurrentThread;
            thread.Name = "MPCopy";
            Log.Info("Timer elapsed");
            _backgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync();
            _timer.Stop();
        }

will write this to the log:

2011-09-22 08:10:27.470004 [Info.][BassAudio(8)]: BASS: Initialize BASS environment ...
2011-09-22 08:10:27.818024 [Info.][MPCopy(6)]: Timer elapsed