<p>I've begun to the the built-in TraceSource and TraceListener classes and I would like to modify the output format of the events independently of the TraceSources and TraceListeners.  It seems that the TraceListeners apply their own formatting.  Is it possible to completely change the formatting without creating a new class for each and every TraceListener I use?</p>

You can use the direct
```
Write()
```
or
```
WriteLine()
```
methods on
```
Trace
```
to put straight text into your TraceListener.