EventLog.CreateEventSource Method

Source:

EventLog.cs

Source:

EventLog.cs

public:
 static void CreateEventSource(System::Diagnostics::EventSourceCreationData ^ sourceData);

public static void CreateEventSource (System.Diagnostics.EventSourceCreationData sourceData);

static member CreateEventSource : System.Diagnostics.EventSourceCreationData -> unit

Public Shared Sub CreateEventSource (sourceData As EventSourceCreationData)

Parameters

Exceptions

Examples

The following example determines whether the event source named SampleApplicationSource is registered on the local computer. If the event source does not exist, the example sets the message resource file for the source and creates the new event source. Finally, the example sets the localized display name for the event log, using the resource identifier value in DisplayNameMsgId and the resource file path in messageFile.

void CreateEventSourceSample1( String^ messageFile )
{
   String^ myLogName;
   String^ sourceName = "SampleApplicationSource";
   
   // Create the event source if it does not exist.
   if (  !EventLog::SourceExists( sourceName ) )
   {
      
      // Create a new event source for the custom event log
      // named "myNewLog."  
      myLogName = "myNewLog";
      EventSourceCreationData ^ mySourceData = gcnew EventSourceCreationData( sourceName,myLogName );
      
      // Set the message resource file that the event source references.
      // All event resource identifiers correspond to text in this file.
      if (  !System::IO::File::Exists( messageFile ) )
      {
         Console::WriteLine( "Input message resource file does not exist - {0}", messageFile );
         messageFile = "";
      }
      else
      {
         
         // Set the specified file as the resource
         // file for message text, category text, and 
         // message parameter strings.  
         mySourceData->MessageResourceFile = messageFile;
         mySourceData->CategoryResourceFile = messageFile;
         mySourceData->CategoryCount = CategoryCount;
         mySourceData->ParameterResourceFile = messageFile;
         Console::WriteLine( "Event source message resource file set to {0}", messageFile );
      }

      Console::WriteLine( "Registering new source for event log." );
      EventLog::CreateEventSource( mySourceData );
   }
   else
   {
      
      // Get the event log corresponding to the existing source.
      myLogName = EventLog::LogNameFromSourceName( sourceName, "." );
   }

   
   // Register the localized name of the event log.
   // For example, the actual name of the event log is "myNewLog," but
   // the event log name displayed in the Event Viewer might be
   // "Sample Application Log" or some other application-specific
   // text.
   EventLog^ myEventLog = gcnew EventLog( myLogName,".",sourceName );
   if ( messageFile->Length > 0 )
   {
      myEventLog->RegisterDisplayName( messageFile, DisplayNameMsgId );
   }   
}

static void CreateEventSourceSample1(string messageFile)
{
    string myLogName;
    string sourceName = "SampleApplicationSource";

    // Create the event source if it does not exist.
    if(!EventLog.SourceExists(sourceName))
    {
        // Create a new event source for the custom event log
        // named "myNewLog."

        myLogName = "myNewLog";
        EventSourceCreationData mySourceData = new EventSourceCreationData(sourceName, myLogName);

        // Set the message resource file that the event source references.
        // All event resource identifiers correspond to text in this file.
        if (!System.IO.File.Exists(messageFile))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Input message resource file does not exist - {0}",
                messageFile);
            messageFile = "";
        }
        else
        {
            // Set the specified file as the resource
            // file for message text, category text, and
            // message parameter strings.

            mySourceData.MessageResourceFile = messageFile;
            mySourceData.CategoryResourceFile = messageFile;
            mySourceData.CategoryCount = CategoryCount;
            mySourceData.ParameterResourceFile = messageFile;

            Console.WriteLine("Event source message resource file set to {0}",
                messageFile);
        }

        Console.WriteLine("Registering new source for event log.");
        EventLog.CreateEventSource(mySourceData);
    }
    else
    {
        // Get the event log corresponding to the existing source.
        myLogName = EventLog.LogNameFromSourceName(sourceName,".");
    }

    // Register the localized name of the event log.
    // For example, the actual name of the event log is "myNewLog," but
    // the event log name displayed in the Event Viewer might be
    // "Sample Application Log" or some other application-specific
    // text.
    EventLog myEventLog = new EventLog(myLogName, ".", sourceName);

    if (messageFile.Length > 0)
    {
        myEventLog.RegisterDisplayName(messageFile, DisplayNameMsgId);
    }
}

Public Shared Sub CreateEventSourceSample1(ByVal messageFile As String)

    Dim myLogName As String
    Dim sourceName As String = "SampleApplicationSource"

    ' Create the event source if it does not exist.
    If Not EventLog.SourceExists(sourceName)
    
        ' Create a new event source for the custom event log
        ' named "myNewLog."  

        myLogName = "myNewLog"
        Dim mySourceData As EventSourceCreationData = New EventSourceCreationData(sourceName, myLogName)

        ' Set the message resource file that the event source references.
        ' All event resource identifiers correspond to text in this file.
        If Not System.IO.File.Exists(messageFile)

            Console.WriteLine("Input message resource file does not exist - {0}", _
                messageFile)
            messageFile = ""
        Else 
            ' Set the specified file as the resource
            ' file for message text, category text and 
            ' message parameters strings.

            mySourceData.MessageResourceFile = messageFile
            mySourceData.CategoryResourceFile = messageFile
            mySourceData.CategoryCount = CategoryCount
            mySourceData.ParameterResourceFile = messageFile

            Console.WriteLine("Event source message resource file set to {0}", _
                messageFile)
        End If

        Console.WriteLine("Registering new source for event log.")
        EventLog.CreateEventSource(mySourceData)
    Else
        ' Get the event log corresponding to the existing source.
        myLogName = EventLog.LogNameFromSourceName(sourceName,".")
    End If

    ' Register the localized name of the event log.
    ' For example, the actual name of the event log is "myNewLog," but
    ' the event log name displayed in the Event Viewer might be
    ' "Sample Application Log" or some other application-specific
    ' text.
    Dim myEventLog As EventLog = New EventLog(myLogName, ".", sourceName)
    
    If messageFile.Length > 0
        myEventLog.RegisterDisplayName(messageFile, DisplayNameMsgId)
    End If
End Sub

The example uses the following message text file, built into the resource library EventLogMsgs.dll. A message text file is the source from which the message resource file is created. The message text file defines the resource identifiers and text for the category, event message, and parameter insertion strings. Specifically, resource identifier 5001 is defined for the localized name of the event log.

; // EventLogMsgs.mc
; // ********************************************************

; // Use the following commands to build this file:

; //   mc -s EventLogMsgs.mc
; //   rc EventLogMsgs.rc
; //   link /DLL /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /NOENTRY /MACHINE:x86 EventLogMsgs.Res
; // ********************************************************

; // - Event categories -
; // Categories must be numbered consecutively starting at 1.
; // ********************************************************

MessageId=0x1
Severity=Success
SymbolicName=INSTALL_CATEGORY
Language=English
Installation
.

MessageId=0x2
Severity=Success
SymbolicName=QUERY_CATEGORY
Language=English
Database Query
.

MessageId=0x3
Severity=Success
SymbolicName=REFRESH_CATEGORY
Language=English
Data Refresh
.

; // - Event messages -
; // *********************************

MessageId = 1000
Severity = Success
Facility = Application
SymbolicName = AUDIT_SUCCESS_MESSAGE_ID_1000
Language=English
My application message text, in English, for message id 1000, called from %1.
.

MessageId = 1001
Severity = Warning
Facility = Application
SymbolicName = AUDIT_FAILED_MESSAGE_ID_1001
Language=English
My application message text, in English, for message id 1001, called from %1.
.

MessageId = 1002
Severity = Success
Facility = Application
SymbolicName = GENERIC_INFO_MESSAGE_ID_1002
Language=English
My generic information message in English, for message id 1002.
.

MessageId = 1003
Severity = Warning
Facility = Application
SymbolicName = GENERIC_WARNING_MESSAGE_ID_1003
Language=English
My generic warning message in English, for message id 1003, called from %1.
.

MessageId = 1004
Severity = Success
Facility = Application
SymbolicName = UPDATE_CYCLE_COMPLETE_MESSAGE_ID_1004
Language=English
The update cycle is complete for %%5002.
.

MessageId = 1005
Severity = Warning
Facility = Application
SymbolicName = SERVER_CONNECTION_DOWN_MESSAGE_ID_1005
Language=English
The refresh operation did not complete because the connection to server %1 could not be established.
.

; // - Event log display name -
; // ********************************************************

MessageId = 5001
Severity = Success
Facility = Application
SymbolicName = EVENT_LOG_DISPLAY_NAME_MSGID
Language=English
Sample Event Log
.

; // - Event message parameters -
; //   Language independent insertion strings
; // ********************************************************

MessageId = 5002
Severity = Success
Facility = Application
SymbolicName = EVENT_LOG_SERVICE_NAME_MSGID
Language=English
SVC_UPDATE.EXE
.

Remarks

Use this overload to configure a new source for writing entries to an event log on the local computer or a remote computer. It is not necessary to use this method to read from an event log.

The CreateEventSource method uses the input sourceData Source, LogName and MachineName properties to create registry values on the target computer for the new source and its associated event log. A new source name cannot match an existing source name or an existing event log name on the target computer. If the LogName property is not set, the source is registered for the Application event log. If the MachineName is not set, the source is registered on the local computer.

Use WriteEvent and WriteEntry to write events to an event log. You must specify an event source to write events; you must create and configure the event source before writing the first entry with the source.

Create the new event source during the installation of your application. This allows time for the operating system to refresh its list of registered event sources and their configuration. If the operating system has not refreshed its list of event sources, and you attempt to write an event with the new source, the write operation will fail. You can configure a new source using an EventLogInstaller, or using the CreateEventSource method. You must have administrative rights on the computer to create a new event source.

You can create an event source for an existing event log or a new event log. When you create a new source for a new event log, the system registers the source for that log, but the log is not created until the first entry is written to it.

The operating system stores event logs as files. When you use EventLogInstaller or CreateEventSource to create a new event log, the associated file is stored in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Config directory on the specified computer. The file name is set by appending the first 8 characters of the Log property with the ".evt" file name extension.

Each source can only write to only one event log at a time; however, your application can use multiple sources to write to multiple event logs. For example, your application might require multiple sources configured for different event logs or different resource files.

You can register the event source with localized resource file(s) for your event category and message strings. Your application can write event log entries using resource identifiers, rather than specifying the actual string. The Event Viewer uses the resource identifier to find and display the corresponding string from the localized resource file based on current language settings. You can register a separate file for event categories, messages and parameter insertion strings, or you can register the same resource file for all three types of strings. Use the CategoryCount, CategoryResourceFile, MessageResourceFile, and ParameterResourceFile properties to configure the source to write localized entries to the event log. If your application writes strings values directly to the event log, you do not need to set these properties.

The source must be configured either for writing localized entries or for writing direct strings. If your application writes entries using both resource identifiers and string values, you must register two separate sources. For example, configure one source with resource files, and then use that source in the WriteEvent method to write entries using resource identifiers to the event log. Then create a different source without resource files, and use that source in the WriteEntry method to write strings directly to the event log using that source.

To change the configuration details of an existing source, you must delete the source and then create it with the new configuration. If other applications or components use the existing source, create a new source with the updated configuration rather than deleting the existing source.

See also

• EventSourceCreationData
• SourceExists(String)
• DeleteEventSource(String)
• Source
• EventLogInstaller

Source:

EventLog.cs

Source:

EventLog.cs

public:
 static void CreateEventSource(System::String ^ source, System::String ^ logName);

public static void CreateEventSource (string source, string logName);

static member CreateEventSource : string * string -> unit

Public Shared Sub CreateEventSource (source As String, logName As String)

Parameters

Exceptions

Examples

The following example creates the source MySource if it does not already exist, and writes an entry to the event log MyNewLog.

#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Diagnostics;
using namespace System::Threading;
int main()
{
   
   // Create the source, if it does not already exist.
   if (  !EventLog::SourceExists( "MySource" ) )
   {
      //An event log source should not be created and immediately used.
      //There is a latency time to enable the source, it should be created
      //prior to executing the application that uses the source.
      //Execute this sample a second time to use the new source.
      EventLog::CreateEventSource( "MySource", "MyNewLog" );
      Console::WriteLine( "CreatingEventSource" );
      // The source is created.  Exit the application to allow it to be registered.
      return 0;
   }

   
   // Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
   EventLog^ myLog = gcnew EventLog;
   myLog->Source = "MySource";
   
   // Write an informational entry to the event log.    
   myLog->WriteEntry( "Writing to event log." );
}

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;

class MySample{

    public static void Main(){

        // Create the source, if it does not already exist.
        if(!EventLog.SourceExists("MySource"))
        {
             //An event log source should not be created and immediately used.
             //There is a latency time to enable the source, it should be created
             //prior to executing the application that uses the source.
             //Execute this sample a second time to use the new source.
            EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyNewLog");
            Console.WriteLine("CreatedEventSource");
            Console.WriteLine("Exiting, execute the application a second time to use the source.");
            // The source is created.  Exit the application to allow it to be registered.
            return;
        }

        // Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
        EventLog myLog = new EventLog();
        myLog.Source = "MySource";

        // Write an informational entry to the event log.
        myLog.WriteEntry("Writing to event log.");
    }
}

Option Explicit
Option Strict

Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Threading

Class MySample
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        
        If Not EventLog.SourceExists("MySource") Then
            ' Create the source, if it does not already exist.
            ' An event log source should not be created and immediately used.
            ' There is a latency time to enable the source, it should be created
            ' prior to executing the application that uses the source.
            ' Execute this sample a second time to use the new source.
            EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyNewLog")
            Console.WriteLine("CreatingEventSource")
            'The source is created.  Exit the application to allow it to be registered.
            Return
        End If
        
        ' Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
        Dim myLog As New EventLog()
        myLog.Source = "MySource"
        
        ' Write an informational entry to the event log.    
        myLog.WriteEntry("Writing to event log.")
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Use this overload to create a custom log or to create and register a Source to an existing log on the local computer.

If logName is null or an empty string ("") when you call CreateEventSource, the log defaults to the Application log. If the log does not exist on the local computer, the system creates a custom log and registers your application as a Source for that log.

You only need to create an event source if you are writing to the event log. Before writing an entry to an event log, you must register the event source with the event log as a valid source of events. When you write a log entry, the system uses the Source to find the appropriate log in which to place your entry. If you are reading the event log, you can either specify the Source, or a Log and MachineName.

Use WriteEvent and WriteEntry to write events to an event log. You must specify an event source to write events; you must create and configure the event source before writing the first entry with the source.

Create the new event source during the installation of your application. This allows time for the operating system to refresh its list of registered event sources and their configuration. If the operating system has not refreshed its list of event sources, and you attempt to write an event with the new source, the write operation will fail. You can configure a new source using an EventLogInstaller, or using the CreateEventSource method. You must have administrative rights on the computer to create a new event source.

You can create an event source for an existing event log or a new event log. When you create a new source for a new event log, the system registers the source for that log, but the log is not created until the first entry is written to it.

The operating system stores event logs as files. When you use EventLogInstaller or CreateEventSource to create a new event log, the associated file is stored in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Config directory on the specified computer. The file name is set by appending the first 8 characters of the Log property with the ".evt" file name extension.

The source must be unique on the local computer; a new source name cannot match an existing source name or an existing event log name. Each source can write to only one event log at a time; however, your application can use multiple sources to write to multiple event logs. For example, your application might require multiple sources configured for different event logs or different resource files.

The source must be configured either for writing localized entries or for writing direct strings. If your application writes entries using both resource identifiers and string values, you must register two separate sources. For example, configure one source with resource files, and then use that source in the WriteEvent method to write entries using resource identifiers to the event log. Then create a different source without resource files, and use that source in the WriteEntry method to write strings directly to the event log using that source.

To change the configuration details of an existing source, you must delete the source and then create it with the new configuration. If other applications or components use the existing source, create a new source with the updated configuration rather than deleting the existing source.

See also

• DeleteEventSource(String)
• SourceExists(String)
• Source
• Log
• Delete(String)

Source:

EventLog.cs

Source:

EventLog.cs

public:
 static void CreateEventSource(System::String ^ source, System::String ^ logName, System::String ^ machineName);

[System.Obsolete("EventLog.CreateEventSource has been deprecated. Use System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(EventSourceCreationData sourceData) instead.")]
public static void CreateEventSource (string source, string logName, string machineName);

public static void CreateEventSource (string source, string logName, string machineName);

[System.Obsolete("This method has been deprecated.  Please use System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(EventSourceCreationData sourceData) instead.  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")]
public static void CreateEventSource (string source, string logName, string machineName);

[System.Obsolete("This method has been deprecated.  Please use System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(EventSourceCreationData sourceData) instead.  https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")]
public static void CreateEventSource (string source, string logName, string machineName);

[<System.Obsolete("EventLog.CreateEventSource has been deprecated. Use System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(EventSourceCreationData sourceData) instead.")>]
static member CreateEventSource : string * string * string -> unit

static member CreateEventSource : string * string * string -> unit

[<System.Obsolete("This method has been deprecated.  Please use System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(EventSourceCreationData sourceData) instead.  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")>]
static member CreateEventSource : string * string * string -> unit

[<System.Obsolete("This method has been deprecated.  Please use System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(EventSourceCreationData sourceData) instead.  https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")>]
static member CreateEventSource : string * string * string -> unit

Public Shared Sub CreateEventSource (source As String, logName As String, machineName As String)

Parameters

Attributes

ObsoleteAttribute

Exceptions

Examples

The following example creates the source MySource on the computer MyServer, and writes an entry to the event log MyNewLog.

#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Diagnostics;
using namespace System::Threading;
int main()
{
   
   // Create the source, if it does not already exist.
   if (  !EventLog::SourceExists( "MySource", "MyServer" ) )
   {
      EventLog::CreateEventSource( "MySource", "MyNewLog", "MyServer" );
      Console::WriteLine( "CreatingEventSource" );
   }

   
   // Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
   EventLog^ myLog = gcnew EventLog;
   myLog->Source = "MySource";
   
   // Write an informational entry to the event log.    
   myLog->WriteEntry( "Writing to event log." );
   Console::WriteLine( "Message written to event log." );
}

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;

class MySample{

    public static void Main(){

        // Create the source, if it does not already exist.
        if(!EventLog.SourceExists("MySource", "MyServer"))
        {
            // An event log source should not be created and immediately used.
            // There is a latency time to enable the source, it should be created
            // prior to executing the application that uses the source.
            // Execute this sample a second time to use the new source.
            EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyNewLog", "MyServer");
            Console.WriteLine("CreatingEventSource");
            Console.WriteLine("Exiting, execute the application a second time to use the source.");
            // The source is created.  Exit the application to allow it to be registered.
            return;
        }

        // Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
        EventLog myLog = new EventLog();
        myLog.Source = "MySource";

        // Write an informational entry to the event log.
        myLog.WriteEntry("Writing to event log.");

        Console.WriteLine("Message written to event log.");
    }
}

Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Threading

Class MySample
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' Create the source, if it does not already exist.
        If Not EventLog.SourceExists("MySource", "MyServer") Then
            EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyNewLog", "MyServer")
            Console.WriteLine("CreatingEventSource")
        End If
        
        ' Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
        Dim myLog As New EventLog()
        myLog.Source = "MySource"
        
        ' Write an informational entry to the event log.    
        myLog.WriteEntry("Writing to event log.")
        
        Console.WriteLine("Message written to event log.")
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Use this overload to create a custom log or to create and register a Source to an existing log on the specified computer.

If logName is null or an empty string ("") when you call CreateEventSource, the log defaults to the Application log. If the log does not exist on the specified computer, the system creates a custom log and registers your application as a Source for that log.

You only need to create an event source if you are writing to the event log. Before writing an entry to an event log, you must register the event source with the event log as a valid source of events. When you write a log entry, the system uses the Source to find the appropriate log in which to place your entry. If you are reading the event log, you can either specify the Source, or a Log and MachineName.

Use WriteEvent and WriteEntry to write events to an event log. You must specify an event source to write events; you must create and configure the event source before writing the first entry with the source.

Create the new event source during the installation of your application. This allows time for the operating system to refresh its list of registered event sources and their configuration. If the operating system has not refreshed its list of event sources, and you attempt to write an event with the new source, the write operation will fail. You can configure a new source using an EventLogInstaller, or using the CreateEventSource method. You must have administrative rights on the computer to create a new event source.

You can create an event source for an existing event log or a new event log. When you create a new source for a new event log, the system registers the source for that log, but the log is not created until the first entry is written to it.

The operating system stores event logs as files. When you use EventLogInstaller or CreateEventSource to create a new event log, the associated file is stored in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Config directory on the specified computer. The file name is set by appending the first 8 characters of the Log property with the ".evt" file name extension.

The source must be unique on the local computer; a new source name cannot match an existing source name or an existing event log name. Each source can write to only one event log at a time; however, your application can use multiple sources to write to multiple event logs. For example, your application might require multiple sources configured for different event logs or different resource files.

The source must be configured either for writing localized entries or for writing direct strings. If your application writes entries using both resource identifiers and string values, you must register two separate sources. For example, configure one source with resource files, and then use that source in the WriteEvent method to write entries using resource identifiers to the event log. Then create a different source without resource files, and use that source in the WriteEntry method to write strings directly to the event log using that source.

To change the configuration details of an existing source, you must delete the source and then create it with the new configuration. If other applications or components use the existing source, create a new source with the updated configuration rather than deleting the existing source.

See also

• DeleteEventSource(String)
• SourceExists(String)
• MachineName
• Source
• Log
• Delete(String)