Question

I have some .net apps running that I need to monitor for example, then MethodA is called in App1, my monitor app should detect this. I have a lot of running apps and the solution proposed here is to recompile all those apps and include a new line in the desired methods that we want to monitor. I want to do this only if there is absolutely no way. So did anybody ever done something like this? Basically, I need to create a new app that when I click a button on it, it will tell me: MethodA was called in App1, in real time…

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Answer 1

There are several ways you could do this. One is to use log4Net, ‘sprinkle’ your methods with calls to log4Net’s write methods. You can choose a variety of logging appenders (destinations) such as email or a database, but a less known tip is to download the standalone program, DebugView (SysInternals -> now Microsoft) which listens for the default messages.