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Layout Renderers

The following layout renderers are available. Click on a name for full reference.

Name	Description	.NET Framework			.NET CF		Mono on Windows		Mono on Unix
		1.0	1.1	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0
asp-application	ASP Application variable.
aspnet-application	ASP.NET Application variable.
aspnet-request	ASP.NET Request variable
aspnet-session	ASP.NET Session variable.
aspnet-sessionid	ASP.NET Session ID.
aspnet-user-authtype	ASP.NET User variable
aspnet-user-identity	ASP.NET User variable
asp-request	ASP Request variable
asp-session	ASP Session variable.
basedir	The current application domain's base directory.
callsite	The call site (class name, method name and source information)
counter	A counter value (increases on each layout rendering).
date	A date and time in the specified format.
environment	The environment variable.
event-context	Log event context data
exception	Exception information provided through a call to one of the Logger.*Exception() methods.
file-contents	Contents of the specified file.
gc	The information about the garbage collector.
gdc	Global Diagnostics Context item. Provided for compatibility with log4net.
guid	Globally-unique identifier (GUID).
identity	Thread identity information (name and authentication information)
level	The log level.
literal	A string literal.
log4jxmlevent	XML event description compatible with log4j, Chainsaw and NLogViewer
logger	The logger name.
longdate	The date and time in a long, sortable format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.mmm
machinename	The machine name that the process is running on.
mdc	Mapped Diagnostic Context item. Provided for compatibility with log4net.
message	The formatted log message.
ndc	Nested Diagnostic Context item. Provided for compatibility with log4net.
newline	A newline literal.
nlogdir	The directory where NLog.dll is located.
performancecounter	The performance counter.
processid	The identifier of the current process.
processinfo	The information about the running process.
processname	The name of the current process.
processtime	The process time in format HH:mm:ss.mmm
qpc	High precision timer, based on the value returned from QueryPerformanceCounter() optionally converted to seconds.
registry	A value from the Registry.
rot13	Decodes text "encrypted" with ROT-13.
shortdate	The short date in a sortable format yyyy-MM-dd
specialfolder	System special folder path (includes My Documents, My Music, Program Files, Desktop, and more)
stacktrace	Stack trace renderer.
tempdir	A temporary directory.
threadid	The identifier of the current thread.
threadname	The name of the current thread.
ticks	The Ticks value of current date and time.
windows-identity	Thread Windows identity information (username)