BackLog2010-12-22

• How to write to Event log

> eventvwr

//write event log entry
string sSource = "Windows Logs";
string sLog = "Application";
string sEventMessage = "Sample Event Content ";

EventLog eventLog = new EventLog
      {
        Source = sSource,
        Log = sLog,
      };

eventLog.Clear();

eventLog.WriteEntry(sEventMessage);

 

 

• How to write registry

Change eventLog's maxsize, method is to change registry key value

// change event log(eventLogName)'s maxsize to be 1028 KB
            var reg = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("System").
                OpenSubKey("CurrentControlSet").
                OpenSubKey("Services").
                OpenSubKey("EventLog").
                OpenSubKey(eventLogName,true);

reg.SetValue("MaxSize", 0x100000);