I'm creating an ASP.NET application that will log some stuff to Windows EventLog. To do this an event source has to be created first. This requires administrative priviledges so I cannot do it in the ASP.NET app.
Is there an existing command-line application that is bundled with Windows that can create an event log source, or must I roll out my own?
An example:
eventcreate /ID 1 /L APPLICATION /T INFORMATION /SO MYEVENTSOURCE /D "My first log"
This will create a new event source named MYEVENTSOURCE under APPLICATION event log as INFORMATION event type.
I think this utility is included only from XP onwards.
Windows IT Pro: JSI Tip 5487. Windows XP includes the EventCreate utility for creating custom events.
Type eventcreate /? in CMD prompt
Microsoft TechNet: Windows Command-Line Reference: Eventcreate
SS64: Windows Command-Line Reference: Eventcreate
You can also use Windows PowerShell with the following command:
if ([System.Diagnostics.EventLog]::SourceExists($source) -eq $false) {
[System.Diagnostics.EventLog]::CreateEventSource($source, "Application")
}
Make sure to check that the source does not exist before calling CreateEventSource, otherwise it will throw an exception.
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