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c3rebro
c3rebro

Reputation: 45

How to log to EventViewer with WINUI?

How am i supposed to Log to the Windows EventViewer in a WinUI3 App? I was not able to find a working example.

Current Situation:

In every .NET Framework app i used System.Diagnostics.EventLog

to write more or less useful eventLog.WriteEntry(e.Message, EventLogEntryType.Error);

Messages into the 'Application' Log. The WiX Installer takes care of the EventSource creation during the App installation. Now, i tried to do the same with a WINUI3 App. The logging itself is working as expected. However the eventsource creation is not. I was not able to find any information on how to tell visualstudio to create an eventsource during installation, nor am i confident that this is the right way to go.

So, how am i supposed to do logging on winui if i do not want to log to seperate files wehre i do need seperate programs to read them.

I have had a look at the LoggingSession and LoggingChannel solution with samples. But i do not think this kind of log is consumable without extra tools that needs to be downloaded/installed.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 515

Answers (1)

Andrew KeepCoding
Andrew KeepCoding

Reputation: 13666

Install the Microsoft.Extensions.Logging NuGet package and use it like this:

Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog.EventLogLoggerProvider eventLogLoggerProvider = new();
Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger logger = eventLogLoggerProvider.CreateLogger("EventLogExample");
logger.LogInformation("This is an information message");

Upvotes: 0

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