<add> Element for <switches>
Specifies the level where a trace switch is set.
<configuration> Element
<system.diagnostics> Element
<switches> Element
<add> Element for <switches>
<add name="switch name"
value="value"/>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
name |
Required attribute. Specifies the name of the switch. The value of this attribute corresponds to the displayName parameter that is passed to switch constructor. |
value |
Required attribute. Specifies the level of the switch. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
configuration |
The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications. |
switches |
Contains trace switches and the level where the trace switches are set. |
system.diagnostics |
Specifies trace listeners that collect, store, and route messages and the level where a trace switch is set. |
Remarks
You can change the level of a trace switch by putting it in a configuration file. If the switch is a BooleanSwitch, you can turn it on and off. If the switch is a TraceSwitch, you can assign different levels to it to specify the types of trace or debug messages the application outputs.
Example
The following example shows how to use the <add> element to set the General trace switch to the TraceLevel.Error level, and enable the Data Boolean trace switch.
<configuration>
<system.diagnostics>
<switches>
<add name="General" value="4" />
<add name="Data" value="1" />
</switches>
</system.diagnostics>
</configuration>