NLog LogException seems to ignore the exception

Question

LogException or any of the derived functions like ErrorException etc. seem to totally ignore the exception parameter passed in.

Am I missing a

Answer 1

Add or replace the ${exception} tag in the layout config to ${exception:format=tostring}

 <targets>
    <target name="errorLogFile" xsi:type="File" fileName="errors.txt" 
            layout="${message} ${exception:format=tostring}"/>
</targets>

Answer 2

Building on @Niki's answer, this will give you pretty close to what log4net will do

fileName="${basedir}/logs/${shortdate}.log" layout="${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message}${onexception:inner=${newline}${exception:format=tostring}}"