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OutputDebugString target
Rolf Kristensen edited this page Jul 2, 2025
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Outputs log messages through the OutputDebugString Win32 API. That can be monitored using DebugView or Harvester
Platforms Supported: Limited - Requires Windows and requires nuget-package NLog.OutputDebugString since NLog 5.0
<targets>
<target xsi:type="OutputDebugString" name="String" layout="Layout" />
</targets>Read more about using the Configuration File.
- name - Name of the target.
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layout - Layout used to format log messages. Required. Default:
${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message:withexception=true} -
header - Layout used to format header-output when initializing. Layout
Introduced with NLog 5.0
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footer - Layout used to format footer-output when closing. Layout
Introduced with NLog 5.0
Alternative targets for diagnostic output:
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Trace-target for output to
System.Diagnostics.Trace -
DebugSystem-target for output to
System.Diagnostics.Debug -
Debugger-target for output to
System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Log
- Troubleshooting Guide - See available NLog Targets and Layouts: https://nlog-project.org/config
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