event-log

The System.Diagnostics.EventLog class provides a way to interact with a windows event log. I use it all the time for simple logging... System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry("MyEventSource", "My Special Message") Is there a way to set the user information in the resulting event log entry using .NET? Toughie ... I looked for a way to fill the user field with a .NET method. Unfortunately there is none, and you must import the plain old Win32 API [ReportEvent function]( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363679(VS.85).aspx) with a DLLImportAttribute You must also redeclare the function

This is an intentional semi-duplicate of How do you create an event log source using WiX and WIX: Create EventSource using .NET message file . My first question is, does it really have to be so complicated? Isn't there some way to simply specify to WiX, "my program is a .Net program, and it needs to write to the event log - please do the necessary setup"? OK, assuming that isn't possible, I'd like to receive any recommendations for the necessary WiX statements to make it work, irrespective of which version of .Net Framework is installed, and irrespective of whether it is a 32 or 64-bit system.

I recently had a problem during the deployment of a windows service. Four computers did not cause any problems, but on the fifth any attempt to start the service failed due to an exception. The exception stack trace is written to the event log, so I though it should be easy to identify the cause: protected override void OnStart(string[] args) { EventLog.WriteEntry("Starting service", EventLogEntryType.Information); try { //... base.OnStart(args); } catch (Exception ex) { EventLog.WriteEntry("Service can not start. Stack trace:" + ex.StackTrace, EventLogEntryType.Error); Stop(); return; }

I am logging messages using Enterprise Library. I want some of these (typically errors and warnings) to be passed to the Windows event-system). I today route these via entlib.config. This solution works and so far, so good. But, I have more needs than what this solution provides me. I have multiple installations that should log to different logs, but I want their names to be logical and intuitive in the event-viewer. But, the Windows event-system cannot have two categories where the first 8 characters in the name are the same. The category-name can be longer, but only the first 8 letters is

This question already has an answer here: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched 8 answers I am getting error: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security When I run below code to capture errors on Win 2K12 R2 server IIS 8.5 EventLog elog = new EventLog(); EventLog.CreateEventSource("MyApp", "Application"); EventLog.WriteEntry(Source, swError.ToString(), EventLogEntryType.Error); I've given full access to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog but it is not working still. What shall I do to

My question is related to write permissions to the Windows Event Log. I have looked around several posts concering this, and have found some ways to solve my problem, but none of these are acceptable for my current scenario. I use C# in .NET 4.0. I use the EventLog class: EventLog class In short, I need to see if there is a way to impersonate or authenticate with an authenticated user and password to reach the right I need to write to the Event Log. The server will always be in the Windows Server family, but the version may vary. My application is a Windows Service running with one of the

I am working on an application which reads eventlogs(Application) from remote machines. I am making use of EventLog class in .net and then iterating on the Log entries but this is very slow. In some cases, some machines have 40000+ log entries and it takes hours to iterate through the entries. what is the best way to accomplish this task? Are there any other classes in .net which are faster or in any other technology? ChrisW Man, I feel your pain. We had the exact same issue in our app. Your solution has a branch depending on what server version you're running on and what server version your