Trace.IndentSize Property (System.Diagnostics)

IndentSize Property

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Trace..::.IndentSize Property

Gets or sets the number of spaces in an indent.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Property IndentSize As Integer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim value As Integer

value = Trace.IndentSize

Trace.IndentSize = value

public static int IndentSize { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
static property int IndentSize {
    int get ();
    void set (int value);
}

JScript

public static function get IndentSize () : int
public static function set IndentSize (value : int)

Property Value

Type: System..::.Int32
The number of spaces in an indent. The default is four.

Remarks

A TextWriterTraceListener interprets this number as spaces. An EventLogTraceListener ignores this value.

This property is stored on per-thread/per-request basis.

To set the AutoFlush and IndentSize for Trace, you can also edit the configuration file that corresponds to the name of your application. The configuration file should be formatted like the following example:

<configuration>
  <system.diagnostics>
    <trace autoflush="false" indentsize="3" />
  </system.diagnostics>
</configuration>

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, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

Trace Class

Trace Members

System.Diagnostics Namespace