net90_EventLogHelper.Interfaces_IEventLogWriter_WriteEntry

IEventLogWriter.WriteEntry method (1 of 2)

Writes an entry directly to an existing EventLog instance.

public void WriteEntry(ref EventLog log, string message, EventLogEntryType eventType, int eventID, 
    short category, ref byte[] rawData)

parameter	description
log	The target EventLog instance.
message	The message to log.
eventType	The event type.
eventID	The event identifier.
category	The category number.
rawData	Optional binary data associated with the entry.

See Also

• interface IEventLogWriter
• namespace EventLogHelper.Interfaces
• assembly EventLogHelper

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IEventLogWriter.WriteEntry method (2 of 2)

Writes an entry to the specified event log using explicit log and source details.

public void WriteEntry(string machineName, string logName, string sourceName, string message, 
    EventLogEntryType eventType, int eventId, short category, byte[] rawData, int maxKilobytes, 
    int retentionDays, bool writeInitEntry)

parameter	description
machineName	The name of the machine where the log entry will be written.
logName	The name of the log to write to.
sourceName	The event source name (must already be registered with the log).
message	The message text to log. If too long, it will be truncated.
eventType	The event type (Information, Warning, Error, etc.).
eventId	Application-defined identifier for the event.
category	Application-defined category number for the event.
rawData	Optional binary data associated with the entry (can be Nothing).
maxKilobytes	Maximum log size in kilobytes.
retentionDays	Retention policy in days.
writeInitEntry	If True, an initialization entry is written if the log is first created.

See Also

• interface IEventLogWriter
• namespace EventLogHelper.Interfaces
• assembly EventLogHelper