Windows Event Logging

[FrankBradley]

Does anybody know if it is possible to place events into the Windows Application Event log from within AA Server/Client ?

[forumsupport]

Hello Frank,

Windows Event Log is handled by system only however, using Manage Windows Control command we can get the list of events in it.

If you can elaborate your requirement, we can suggest a viable solution.

[Olanrewaju Sampo]

Windows Event Log is the rewritten event tracing and logging architecture introduced with Windows Vista.Windows Event Log has been rewritten around a well-defined structured XML log format and a designated log type to allow applications to more precisely log events and make it easier for support technicians and developers to interpret the events.

[FrankBradley]

What we would like to be able to do is have a TASK create log entries within the Windows Even Log system. This is for server management and also to assist developers. The software does have a limited ability of generating a LOG file but this is an external text file that would require the creation of processes to collect the file and transfer that information.

Well we have added the ability by creating a C# application that is now being called from our TASK. As an example of what is being done.

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

namespace cs_logger
{
class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create the source, if it does not already exist.
String errorMessage = "Error Occurred: Critical Error has been flagged. Application has been terminated until the file critical_fault_sap has been removed";

if (!EventLog.SourceExists("csHdcAutomation", "."))
{
//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("csHdcAutomation","Cent ah",".");
// 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 = "csHdcAutomation";
myLog.WriteEntry(errorMessage,EventLogEntryType.Er ror);
myLog.Close();

}
}
}


So the above code generates an entry in the Windows Event Log four our application that indicates an issue so that it is logged by the server management software and that will trigger other events that would correct what ever issue.

So being able to create Event log entries within the scripting environment would be very handy since it would reduce the overhead of including the 3rd application and execution.