Windows EventLog

A simple class to write entries into the Windows EventLog.

EventLog Writer class 

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public static class EventLogWriter
{
    private const string EventLogApplicationSubSource = ".NET Runtime";
    private const int EventLogDefaultId = 1026;

    /// <summary>
    /// Writes a given message to the Application Windows EventLog.
    /// The optional parameters can be overwritten with custom values.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="message">message to be written as log entry</param>
    /// <param name="eventLogEntryType">overwrites the default type of Information to a custom set type</param>
    /// <param name="sourceName">Overwrites the default ".NET Runtime". Custom values have to exist, or this throws an exception.</param>
    /// <param name="eventId">Overwrites the default id of 1026 to a custom id. Keeping the default is recommended, else chose an id above 1000</param>
    public static void WriteApplicationEventEntry(
        string message,
        EventLogEntryType eventLogEntryType = EventLogEntryType.Information,
        string sourceName = EventLogApplicationSubSource,
        int eventId = EventLogDefaultId)
    {
        using (EventLog eventLog = new EventLog())
        {
            eventLog.Source = sourceName;
            eventLog.WriteEntry(message, eventLogEntryType, eventId);
        }
    }
}

Call the Method with:

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EventLogWriter.WriteApplicationEventEntry("some Message", System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType.Error);

Windows Eventlog