Question

I am trying to use the Event Log to write some debug information and I can’t make it works. It complains about not being able to find the Event Source. Do I have to install something on the OS?

Answer 1

Here a code that I modified from one of our application. This might help you to start with the creation.

System.Diagnostics.EventLog eventLog1 = new System.Diagnostics.EventLog(); string eventLogName = 'StackOverFlowEventName'; string eventLogSource = 'StackOverFlowWebsite';  //This code HERE will create the Event for you if (!System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists(eventLogSource)) {     System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(eventLogSource, eventLogName); }  eventLog1.Source = eventLogSource; eventLog1.Log = eventLogName; eventLog1.WriteEntry('This is a test');