| Author: shivkhare 24 Jan 2005 | Member Level: Bronze Points : 0 |
It would be of great help if u can add a bit of explaination with the code.
shiv
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| Author: Lance W. Larsen 31 Jan 2005 | Member Level: Bronze Points : 0 |
After playing with several code examples - of which I found yours very helpful ( much appreated ) -- I've made the two following methods. Now my only question ( and as you can see I did leave your registry modifciations in ) -- but what specifically does the following line of code accomplish:
registrykeyEventlog.SetValue("Retention",0);
I suspected that it would change the Event Log's "maximum log size" or somthing -- but I didn't see anything different than creating the Log without doing so. Please elaborate. Hope my revisions are of value to you.
Regards...
...Lance W. Larsen (www.lancelarsen.com)
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#region | Method: EnterEventLog() |
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
///
/// Write a message to an event log
///
///
/// Example: EnterEventLog("Error Message", System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType.Error, "CustEventLog", "AppName");
///
/// Message to be entered into the Event Log
/// System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType
/// Name of the Event Log
/// Name of the Source that appears in the Event Log
///
public static bool EnterEventLog(string strEventMessage, System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType eventlogType, string strEventLogName, string strEventLogSource)
{
try
{
if ( CreateEventLog(strEventLogName, strEventLogSource) )
{
System.Diagnostics.EventLog eventlogObject = new System.Diagnostics.EventLog();
eventlogObject.Source = strEventLogSource;
eventlogObject.WriteEntry("Test Message",eventlogType);
}
}
catch (Exception exceptionGeneral)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Exception(EnterEventLog): ", exceptionGeneral.Message);
}
return true; //--- Successful
}
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endregion
#region | Method: CreateEventLog() |
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
///
/// Create the event log and source
///
/// Name of the Event Log
/// Name of the Source that appears in the Event Log
private static bool CreateEventLog(string strEventLogName, string strEventLogSource)
{
Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey registrykeyLM = null;
Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey registrykeyEventlog = null;
Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey registrykeyKey = null;
try
{
//--- Check to see that event log name exists, if so...
if (System.Diagnostics.EventLog.Exists(strEventLogName))
{
//--- Check to see if the source exists, if not...
if(!System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists(strEventLogSource))
{
//--- Create new source
System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(strEventLogSource,strEventLogName);
}
}
else //--- Log name does not exist
{
//--- Check to see if the source exists, if it exists but the log does not, delete source
if (System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists(strEventLogSource))
{
//--- Delete source
System.Diagnostics.EventLog.DeleteEventSource(strEventLogSource);
}
//--- Create new log and source
System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(strEventLogSource,strEventLogName);
//--- Modify registry settings on local machine
registrykeyLM = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine;
registrykeyEventlog = registrykeyLM.OpenSubKey("SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\EventLog\\"+strEventLogName, true);
registrykeyEventlog.SetValue("Retention",0);
}
}
catch (Exception exceptionGeneral)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Exception(CreateEventLog): ", exceptionGeneral.Message);
}
finally
{
// Close the registry keys.
if (registrykeyEventlog != null) registrykeyEventlog.Close();
if (registrykeyKey != null) registrykeyKey.Close();
if (registrykeyLM != null) registrykeyLM.Close();
}
return true; //--- Successful
}
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endregion
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