Module 5: Using Trace in Microsoft ASP.NET

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Overview

Overview of Tracing Trace Information Page-Level Trace Application-Level Trace

Overview of Tracing

With Tracing You Can: Output variables or structures

Assert whether a condition is met

Trace through the execution path of the application

Can Be Enabled and Disabled, Either on a Page-By-Page Basis or for an Entire Application

Trace Information

Page-Level Trace

How Does Page-Level Trace Work? Demonstration: Adding Page-Level Trace Statements Tracing into a Component

How Does Page-Level Trace Work?

Enabling Tracing for a Page

Sorting Output by Category

Inserting Trace Messages

Conditional Execution with Trace.IsEnabled

<%@ Page Language="VB" Trace="true"%>

<%@ Page Language="VB" Trace="true" TraceMode="SortByCategory"%>

Trace.Write("category", "message")

If Trace.IsEnabled strTrace = 'create trace string hereEnd IfTrace.Write(strTrace)

Demonstration: Adding Page-Level Trace Statements

Tracing into a Component

Import the System.Web Library

Enable Tracing in Class Constructor

Add Trace Statements to Method

Imports System.Web

HttpContext.Current.Trace.IsEnabled = True

HttpContext.Current.Trace.Write _ ("component", "this is my trace statement")

Application-Level Trace

How Does Application-Level Trace Work? Demonstration: Adding Application-Level Trace

Statements

How Does Application-Level Trace Work?

Application-Level Trace Collects Additional Statistics from a Request in the trace.axd File

Enabling Application-Level Trace in web.config

<trace enabled="true"traceMode="SortByCategory"

requestLimit="40" pageOutput="true"/>

Demonstration: Adding Application-Level Trace Statements

Lab 5: Adding Trace to an ASP.NET Page

Review

Overview of Tracing Trace Information Page-Level Trace Application-Level Trace