Creating and Writing to an Event Log

You can also use the following code to write directly to the event log without using Trace methods.

EventLog Log = new EventLog();
if (!EventLog.SourceExists("Remoting"))
        EventLog.CreateEventSource("Remoting", "Application");
Log.Source = "Remoting";
Log.WriteEntry(System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name);

The following example shows how to create and write to an event log.

Code Example: Creating and Writing to an Event Log

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace EventLogging
{
          class Class1
          {


                [STAThread]
                static void Main(string[] args)
                {
                      //Creates a new event log in Event Viewer
                       EventLog E = new EventLog("ApplicationLog");
                       E.Source = "MyApplication";
                      //Writes an entry in the log
                       E.WriteEntry("My Logged Event");
                      E.WriteEntry("My2ndEvent",EventLogEntryType.Error, 5555, 2);
                }
          }
}