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access public variable from Global.asax file

Hi all,

I am implementing log4net to log all errors on my application.

Now i want to be able to easily log from any page in may site. So I have create the following variable in my GLobal.asax file

<script runat="server">
    public static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger
        (System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

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Now when I try to use Global.log I am getting 'Global' does not exist in the current context?

any ideas why?

jayakrishnabh

please try only with static variable (no readonly)

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Miguel Oz

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flynny

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thanks for the replies guys.

@jayakrishnabh - would Global still not be recognised in this case though?

@maz_oz2003 - ok so you are suggesting i create a class such as;

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

/// <summary>
/// Contains my site's global variables.
/// </summary>
public static class Global
{
    public static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger
        (System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
}

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obviously referencing the log4net dll, or would I still need to add get methods?

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