ECL connector not logging in Web8

Question

I'm using a custom ECL connector, similar to the Flickr example that can be found here

My problem is that I'm trying to log something to either EventViewer, File System, with Tridion Logger, nothing seems to be working. I recompile my dll, uploaded in the server, I even restart it and nothing in any of those places.

I'm using something like to log:

namespace MyProvider
{
    using System;
    using System.Diagnostics;
    using System.IO;

    using Tridion.ExternalContentLibrary.V2;

    public class EventViewerWriter : EventLog
    {
        private const string LOG_SourceName = "Tridion";

        private const string LOG_SysLogName = "Application";

        private bool _isInitialized = false;

        public EventViewerWriter()
            : base()
        {
            this.Initialize();
        }

        public void Initialize()
        {
            if (this._isInitialized)
            {
                return;
            }

            this.BeginInit();
            this.EndInit();

            if (!SourceExists(LOG_SourceName))
            {
                CreateEventSource(LOG_SourceName, LOG_SysLogName);
            }

            this.Source = LOG_SourceName;
            this.Log = LOG_SysLogName;
            this._isInitialized = true;
        }

        public void Write(string eventWritten)
        {
            try
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write(eventWritten + " tracing id");
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
            }

            try
            {
                // Tridion Logger
                Provider.HostServices.LogMessage(LoggingSeverity.Warning, eventWritten);
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
            }

            try
            {
                this.WriteEntry(DateTime.Now + " - " + eventWritten, EventLogEntryType.Error);
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
            }

            try
            {
                var currentDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
                var filePath = Path.Combine(currentDir, "Test.txt");

                // File System    
                using (var file = new StreamWriter(filePath))
                {
                    file.WriteLine(DateTime.Now + " - " + eventWritten);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
            }
        }
    }
}

Note: I know I should not use empty catch, but it's a way here only to log in all cases.

UPDATE

Already tried to change the Tridion.ContentManager.Config file and add a new listener like this:

 <add switchValue="All" name="Tridion.Logging.LoggingCategory.Tracing">
    <listeners>
      <add name="Trace File" />
    </listeners>
 </add>

and writing something like this in code:

        Tridion.Logging.Logger.Write("DllTest", "DllTest", Tridion.Logging.LoggingCategory.Tracing, TraceEventType.Error);

But didn't work either. Nothing is logged.

Answer 1

The problem was that the incorrect dll was being used...we thought that the dll of the ECL was the one in \Tridion\External Content Library\AddInPipeline\AddIns[Your Library] but it was not...the one being used was the one in: \ProgramData\SDL\SDL Tridion\External Content Library\AddInPipeline\AddIns[Your Library].

Thanks for all the answers.

Answer 2

please try this Tracing & Logging - Tridion CM Server