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what is perpose of Enterprise Logging block over .NET default Tracing?

Enterprise Library:

Logging applicaiton block allows you to simply configure and log any type of data(Events, Exceptions, Events data or any other data you wish to log from your application). It allows to simply configure and log to desired location as

• Log file
• Email (configure to send an email msg)
• Database( using provided script it is quite easier to deploy the database and start logging)
• Windows Events
• and custom locations

In simple words 'It is readily available application block that allows a developer to customise and configure to Log valuable data to desired locations with simple configurations.

.NET Default Trace

It is quite feasible to utilise available .NET Trace methods with properties to log data. But when it comes to logging data other than Windows Events it demands more plumbling. You got to write your code to log data into desired locations such as Database / Email / Log files.

Being said the above using ASP.NET HealthMonitoring configuration it is feasible to log ASP.NET web application events (to monitor various events of web application) as explained by Chris Pels in this video tutorial

http://www.asp.net/learn/videos/video-195.aspx

Conclusion:-

Enterprise Library application blocks are reusable software components to meet day to day application requirements. Even though it is feasible to utilise .NET Default Tracing, you got to implement lot more work flow when you want to log information other than windows events.