ColoredConsole target

Writes log messages to the console with customizable coloring.

Supported in .NET and Mono ##Configuration Syntax

<targets>
  <target xsi:type="ColoredConsole"
          name="String"
          layout="Layout"
          header="Layout"
          footer="Layout"
          useDefaultRowHighlightingRules="Boolean"
          errorStream="Boolean">
    <highlight-row backgroundColor="Enum" condition="Condition" foregroundColor="Enum"/><!-- repeated -->
    <highlight-word backgroundColor="Enum" foregroundColor="Enum" ignoreCase="Boolean"
                    regex="String" text="String" wholeWords="Boolean"/><!-- repeated -->
  </target>
</targets>

Read more about using the [Configuration File](Configuration file). ##Parameters ###General Options name - Name of the target. ###Layout Options layout - Text to be rendered. Layout Required. Default: ${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message}
header - Header. Layout
footer - Footer. Layout ###Highlighting Rules useDefaultRowHighlightingRules - Indicates whether to use default row highlighting rules. [Boolean](Data types) Default: True The default rules are:

level == LogLevel.FatalRedNoChangelevel == LogLevel.ErrorYellowNoChangelevel == LogLevel.WarnMagentaNoChangelevel == LogLevel.InfoWhiteNoChangelevel == LogLevel.DebugGrayNoChangelevel == LogLevel.TraceDarkGrayNoChange

Condition	Foreground Color	Background Color

_rowHighlightingRules_ - The row highlighting rules. [Collection](Data types) Each collection item is represented by \ element with the following attributes: * _backgroundColor_ - Background color. Default: NoChange Possible values: * Black - Black Color (#000000). * Blue - Blue Color (#0000FF). * Cyan - Cyan Color (#00FFFF). * DarkBlue - Dark blue Color (#000080). * DarkCyan - Dark Cyan Color (#008080). * DarkGray - Dark Gray Color (#808080). * DarkGreen - Dark green Color (#008000). * DarkMagenta - Dark Magenta Color (#800080). * DarkRed - Dark Red Color (#800000). * DarkYellow - Dark Yellow Color (#808000). * Gray - Gray Color (#C0C0C0). * Green - Green Color (#00FF00). * Magenta - Magenta Color (#FF00FF). * NoChange - Don't change the color. * Red - Red Color (#FF0000). * White - White Color (#FFFFFF). * Yellow - Yellow Color (#FFFF00).

condition - Condition that must be met in order to set the specified foreground and background color. [Condition](Data types) Required.

foregroundColor - Foreground color. Default: NoChange
Possible values:

• Black - Black Color (#000000).
• Blue - Blue Color (#0000FF).
• Cyan - Cyan Color (#00FFFF).
• DarkBlue - Dark blue Color (#000080).
• DarkCyan - Dark Cyan Color (#008080).
• DarkGray - Dark Gray Color (#808080).
• DarkGreen - Dark green Color (#008000).
• DarkMagenta - Dark Magenta Color (#800080).
• DarkRed - Dark Red Color (#800000).
• DarkYellow - Dark Yellow Color (#808000).
• Gray - Gray Color (#C0C0C0).
• Green - Green Color (#00FF00).
• Magenta - Magenta Color (#FF00FF).
• NoChange - Don't change the color.
• Red - Red Color (#FF0000).
• White - White Color (#FFFFFF).
• Yellow - Yellow Color (#FFFF00).

wordHighlightingRules - The word highlighting rules. [Collection](Data types)
Each collection item is represented by <highlight-word /> element with the following attributes:

• backgroundColor - Background color. Default: NoChange
  Possible values:
  • Black - Black Color (#000000).
  • Blue - Blue Color (#0000FF).
  • Cyan - Cyan Color (#00FFFF).
  • DarkBlue - Dark blue Color (#000080).
  • DarkCyan - Dark Cyan Color (#008080).
  • DarkGray - Dark Gray Color (#808080).
  • DarkGreen - Dark green Color (#008000).
  • DarkMagenta - Dark Magenta Color (#800080).
  • DarkRed - Dark Red Color (#800000).
  • DarkYellow - Dark Yellow Color (#808000).
  • Gray - Gray Color (#C0C0C0).
  • Green - Green Color (#00FF00).
  • Magenta - Magenta Color (#FF00FF).
  • NoChange - Don't change the color.
  • Red - Red Color (#FF0000).
  • White - White Color (#FFFFFF).
  • Yellow - Yellow Color (#FFFF00).

foregroundColor - Foreground color. Default: NoChange
Possible values:

• Black - Black Color (#000000).
• Blue - Blue Color (#0000FF).
• Cyan - Cyan Color (#00FFFF).
• DarkBlue - Dark blue Color (#000080).
• DarkCyan - Dark Cyan Color (#008080).
• DarkGray - Dark Gray Color (#808080).
• DarkGreen - Dark green Color (#008000).
• DarkMagenta - Dark Magenta Color (#800080).
• DarkRed - Dark Red Color (#800000).
• DarkYellow - Dark Yellow Color (#808000).
• Gray - Gray Color (#C0C0C0).
• Green - Green Color (#00FF00).
• Magenta - Magenta Color (#FF00FF).
• NoChange - Don't change the color.
• Red - Red Color (#FF0000).
• White - White Color (#FFFFFF).
• Yellow - Yellow Color (#FFFF00).

ignoreCase - Indicates whether to ignore case when comparing texts. [Boolean](Data types) Default: False
regex - Regular expression to be matched. You must specify either text or regex.
text - Text to be matched. You must specify either text or regex.
wholeWords - Indicates whether to match whole words only. [Boolean](Data types) Default: False

###Output Options errorStream - Indicates whether the error stream (stderr) should be used instead of the output stream (stdout). [Boolean](Data types) Default: False