WriteLog

Writes a message out to a log file

Method Signature

WriteLog(text=[string], type=[string], application=[boolean], log=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
text	string	true	The text of the log message
type	string	false	The log level of the entry. One of "Information", "Warning", "Error", "Debug", "Trace"	info
application	boolean	false	If true, it logs the application name alongside the message. Default is true.	true
log	string	false	The destination logger to use. If not passed, we use the default logger (application.log). If the logger is a file appender and it doesn't exist it will create it for you. If the value is an absolue path, it will create a file appender for you at that location.

Examples

Simple writeLog Code Example

Logs an order processed successfully message to orders.log which will be located in the BX logs directory, eg: {bx.root}/logs/

writeLog( text="Order #order.getOrderID()# Processed Successfully", type="information", log="orders" );

Additional Examples

Run Example

writeLog( log="MyLog", text=now(), type="error" );

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