EventLogEntry Class

Definition

public ref class EventLogEntry sealed : System::ComponentModel::Component, System::Runtime::Serialization::ISerializable

public sealed class EventLogEntry : System.ComponentModel.Component, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable

type EventLogEntry = class
    inherit Component
    interface ISerializable

Public NotInheritable Class EventLogEntry
Inherits Component
Implements ISerializable

Inheritance

Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

EventLogEntry

Implements

ISerializable

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the use of the EventLogEntry class. In this example, a switch statement uses console input to search for event log entries for the specified event type. If a match is found, log entry source information is displayed at the console.

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
   class MyEventlogClass
   {
      public static void Main()
      {
         String myEventType=null;
         // Associate the instance of 'EventLog' with local System Log.
         EventLog myEventLog = new EventLog("System", ".");
         Console.WriteLine("1:Error");
         Console.WriteLine("2:Information");
         Console.WriteLine("3:Warning");
         Console.WriteLine("Select the Event Type");
         int myOption=Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
         switch(myOption)
         {
            case 1:  myEventType="Error";
                     break;
            case 2:  myEventType="Information";
                     break;
            case 3:  myEventType="Warning";
                     break;
            default: break;
         }

            EventLogEntryCollection myLogEntryCollection=myEventLog.Entries;
            int myCount =myLogEntryCollection.Count;
            // Iterate through all 'EventLogEntry' instances in 'EventLog'.
            for(int i=myCount-1;i>-1;i--)
            {
               EventLogEntry myLogEntry = myLogEntryCollection[i];
               // Select the entry having desired EventType.
               if(myLogEntry.EntryType.ToString().Equals(myEventType))
               {
                  // Display Source of the event.
                  Console.WriteLine(myLogEntry.Source
                     +" was the source of last event of type "
                     +myLogEntry.EntryType);
                  return;
               }
            }
         }
   }

Imports System.Diagnostics

Class MyEventlogClass
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim myEventType As String = Nothing
      ' Associate the instance of 'EventLog' with local System Log.
      Dim myEventLog As New EventLog("System", ".")
      Console.WriteLine("1:Error")
      Console.WriteLine("2:Information")
      Console.WriteLine("3:Warning")
      Console.WriteLine("Select the Event Type")
      Dim myOption As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine())
      Select Case myOption
         Case 1
            myEventType = "Error"
         Case 2
            myEventType = "Information"
         Case 3
            myEventType = "Warning"
         Case Else
      End Select

      Dim myLogEntryCollection As EventLogEntryCollection = myEventLog.Entries
      Dim myCount As Integer = myLogEntryCollection.Count
      ' Iterate through all 'EventLogEntry' instances in 'EventLog'.
      Dim i As Integer
      For i = myCount - 1 To 0 Step -1
         Dim myLogEntry As EventLogEntry = myLogEntryCollection(i)
         ' Select the entry having desired EventType.
         If myLogEntry.EntryType.ToString().Equals(myEventType) Then
            ' Display Source of the event.
            Console.WriteLine(myLogEntry.Source + " was the source of last "& _
                             "event of type " & myLogEntry.EntryType.ToString())
            Return
         End If
      Next 
   End Sub
End Class

Remarks

You usually will not create instances of EventLogEntry directly when working with the EventLog class. The Entries member of the EventLog class contains a collection of EventLogEntry instances, which you iterate over when reading by using the EventLogEntryCollection.Item[] class index member.

See also

• EventLog
• EventLogEntryCollection
• EventInstance