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Trace.Indent Method

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Increases the current IndentLevel by one.

Namespace: System.Diagnostics
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

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[ConditionalAttribute("TRACE")]
public static void Indent()

Examples

The following example increments and decrements the indent level and emits tracing messages.

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Trace.WriteLine("List of errors:");
 Trace.Indent();
 Trace.WriteLine("Error 1: File not found");
 Trace.WriteLine("Error 2: Directory not found");
 Trace.Unindent();
 Trace.WriteLine("End of list of errors");

This example produces the following output:

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List of errors:
     Error 1: File not found
     Error 2: Directory not found
End of list of errors

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Trace Class

System.Diagnostics Namespace

Unindent

IndentLevel

IndentSize

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FAQ

Very rare problem with .Write + NewLine

Code:
            Trace.WriteLine("No indent yet");
            Trace.Indent();
            Trace.WriteLine("Should be indented, and is.");
            Trace.Write("But should you want to use Write with newline instead" + Environment.NewLine);
            Trace.WriteLine("WriteLine is not indented any more despite IndentLevel = " + Trace.IndentLevel.ToString());
            Trace.WriteLine("i.e. Write with Environment.NewLine cannot be used instead of WriteLine");

Output:
No indent yet
    Should be indented, and is.
    But should you want to use Write with newline instead
WriteLine is not indented any more despite IndentLevel = 1
    i.e. Write with Environment.NewLine cannot be used instead of WriteLine

History

8/6/2011
Cel123