Question

I’m logging errors to the event log using the usual:

 System.Diagnostics.Trace.TraceError('<' + purpose + '><time>' + DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime() + '</time><message>' + message + '</message></' + purpose + '>'); 

and am wondering if there is a way to call this log file and display it for the user (either in my own format or by opening the event log file directly as does ‘Event Viewer’).

I’ve found the file in %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\mylog.evtx but not sure whether I should be approaching it this way or not. Ideally I’d like to emulate what the Event Viewer does but customised for my application.

Answer 1

Try System.Diagnostics.EventLog

For Example, you can view entries in the applications log as follows

var log = EventLog.GetEventLogs().Where(x => x == 'Application').First(); foreach (var entry in log.Entries) {   // Do something with the entry }