Nlog: I want to truncate message layout renderer after 30 characters in database logging.Any suggestion?

[xaagarwal]

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[snakefoot]

This very cryptic logic will truncate the log-message to 30 chars:

${trim-whitespace:inner=${message:padding=-30:fixedLength=true}}

NLog ver. 4.6 will include a ${left} and ${right} wrapper that makes the truncate-config easier.

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[snakefoot]

NLog 4.6.3 has been released, that allows you to do this:

${message:truncate=30}

See also https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog

[Hellaren]

Is there any way I can add ellipsis at the end when message got truncated?
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