Creating source for Windows Event Log

amilbra1.5524909949835464E12 asked a question.

June 19, 2009 at 10:29 PM

Is there something built in InstallShield to create sources for Windows Event Log? It requires administrative rights on all Operating Systems and elevation on Vista.

My alternative is to use a managed custom action by calling into a C DLL and use the CreateEventSource method on System.Diagnostics.EventLog (link ) class accordingly.

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amilbra1.5524909949835464E12
17 years ago
There is also the System.Diagnostics.EventLogInstaller class (link )in .NET that is used in conjunction with InstallUtil.exe.
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Wayne.Ng
17 years ago
There is no need to use custom actions to create event logs and event log sources. Just create the appropriate registry keys and values according to the following Microsoft documentation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363648(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363661(VS.85).aspx
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amilbra1.5524909949835464E12
17 years ago
Thank you! This will be a much better solution since it can more easily work with rollbacks and uninstalls also.
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