System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource

C#

#region Using directives

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;

#endregion

namespace CreateEventSource
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{

try
{
// Create the source, if it does not already exist.
if (!EventLog.SourceExists("MySamplesSite"))
{
EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySamplesSite", "Application");
Console.WriteLine("Creating Event Source");
}

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

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

Console.WriteLine("Message written to event log.");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exception:");
Console.WriteLine("{0}", e.ToString());
}
}
}
}