desktop8:Provider

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Registers a provider to Event Tracing and enables its functionality.

Element hierarchy

<Package>

    <Extensions>

         <desktop8:Extension>

              <desktop8:EventTracing>

                   <desktop8:Provider>

Syntax

<desktop8:Provider
  Id = 'A hexadecimal string that may only contain the following values: "0-9" or "A-F" (uppercase or lowercase) representing the unique identifier of the provider.'
  Name = 'A string with a value between 1 and 2084 characters in length that represents the name of the provider.'
  ResourceFile = 'A string value where the first character cannot contain any of the following: ".", "/", "\", or a space. Represents the path to a file.'
  MessageFile = 'A string value where the first character cannot contain any of the following: ".", "/", "\", or a space. Represents the path to a file.' >

  <!-- Child Elements -->
  desktop8:Channels

</desktop8:Provider>

Attributes and elements

Attributes

Attribute Description Data type Required Default value
Id The unique identifier for the provider. A hexadecimal string that may only contain the following values: "0-9" or "A-F" (uppercase or lowercase) representing the unique identifier of the provider. Yes
Name The name of the provider. A string with a value between 1 and 2084 characters in length that represents the name of the provider. Yes
ResourceFile Specifies the path to the provider resource files. A string value where the first character cannot contain any of the following: ., /, \, or a space. Represents the path to a file. Yes
MessageFile Specifies the path to the provider message files. A string value where the first character cannot contain any of the following: ., /, \, or a space. Represents the path to a file. No

Child elements

Child element Description
desktop8:Channels Allows one or more channels to be specified for event tracing.

Parent elements

Parent element Description
desktop8:EventTracing Enables your desktop application to log application-defined events to be consumed in real time or saved to a log file.

Requirements

Item Value
Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/desktop/windows10/8
Minimum OS Version Windows 11 version 21H2 (Build 22000)