Simply write logs from your .net app using System.Diagnostics.Trace

Here is one of the simplest method for logging from your application, simply use the System.Diagnostics.Trace class and call:

System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(message);

and add to the App.Config file this section:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <system.diagnostics>
    <trace autoflush="false" indentsize="4">
      <listeners>
        <add name="myListener" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener" initializeData="MyService.log" />
        <remove name="Default" />
      </listeners>
    </trace>
  </system.diagnostics>
</configuration>

And the logging will be executed succesfully.

If you need the logs on the Event Log add:

<add name="myEventListener" type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener"  initializeData="TraceListenerLog" />

And you’ll find the event log populated with your application log.