Trace.Indent Method (System.Diagnostics)

Indent Method

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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.NET Framework Class Library

Trace..::.Indent Method

Increases the current IndentLevel by one.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<ConditionalAttribute("TRACE")> _
Public Shared Sub Indent

Visual Basic (Usage)

Trace.Indent()

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

Visual C++

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

JScript

public static function Indent()

Examples

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

Visual Basic

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")

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");

Visual C++

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" );

JScript

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:

None

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

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

Reference

Trace Class

Trace Members

System.Diagnostics Namespace

Unindent

IndentLevel

IndentSize