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I have been trying to turn on WCF tracing, but still no success... Below is my lastest update.
Do I need a permission to write to the below location?
<system.diagnostics>
<trace autoflush="true" />
<sources>
<source name="System.ServiceModel"
switchValue="Information, ActivityTracing"
propagateActivity="true">
<listeners>
<add name="sdt"
type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener"
initializeData= "@\\myservername\folder1\traces.svclog" />
</listeners>
</source>
</sources>
</system.diagnostics>
I am using .NET Framework 3.5.
What is the step-by-step instruction to turn on the WCF tracking for debugging purposes?
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The following configuration taken from MSDN can be applied to enable tracing on your WCF service.
<configuration>
<system.diagnostics>
<sources>
<source name="System.ServiceModel"
switchValue="Information, ActivityTracing"
propagateActivity="true" >
<listeners>
<add name="xml"/>
</listeners>
</source>
<source name="System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging">
<listeners>
<add name="xml"/>
</listeners>
</source>
<source name="myUserTraceSource"
switchValue="Information, ActivityTracing">
<listeners>
<add name="xml"/>
</listeners>
</source>
</sources>
<sharedListeners>
<add name="xml"
type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener"
initializeData="Error.svclog" />
</sharedListeners>
</system.diagnostics>
</configuration>
To view the log file, you can use "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin\SvcTraceViewer.exe".
If "SvcTraceViewer.exe" is not on your system, you can download it from the "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4" package here:
You don't have to install the entire thing, just the ".NET Development / Tools" part.
When/if it bombs out during installation with a non-sensical error, Petopas' answer to Windows 7 SDK Installation Failure solved my issue.