Where does InitLogger live in the IronWord API?

InitLogger is a class in the IronWord.Models.Initiate namespace, shipped in IronWord.dll, with base type System.Object. Construct it with new InitLogger(logPath), passing the file path where the log should be written.

How do you log document construction in IronWord with C#?

Create an InitLogger with a writable file path before building the document, then run the build. IronWord records its object-tree activity to that file, which you inspect afterward to find a misplaced element or an inefficiency.

Class InitLogger

Inheritance

System.Object

InitLogger

Namespace: IronWord.Models.Initiate

Assembly: IronWord.dll

Syntax

public class InitLogger : Object

When a Word build needs a written record of what IronWord is doing, InitLogger starts logging to a file. Construct one with new InitLogger(logPath), passing the path where the log should be written, and the library records its activity there as a document is assembled. The captured trace is a debugging aid: it shows how the object tree is built so a developer can spot a misplaced element, a missing run, or an inefficiency in the construction sequence.

The single argument, logPath, is the destination file for the output, so point it at a writable location and inspect that file after a run. Set the logger up early, before the document work begins, so the whole sequence is captured rather than a partial tail. The log object tree example shows the logged structure during document construction, and the document element tutorial explains the elements that appear in that trace.

var logger = new InitLogger("ironword.log");

Constructors

InitLogger(String)

Declaration

public InitLogger(string logPath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	logPath