static void CreateEventSourceSample(string sourceName, string logName, string messageFile)
{
// Create the event source if it does not exist.
if (!System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists(sourceName))
{
EventSourceCreationData mySourceData = new EventSourceCreationData(sourceName, logName);
// Set the message resource file that the event source references.
// All event resource identifiers correspond to text in this file.
if (!System.IO.File.Exists(messageFile))
{
Console.WriteLine("Input message resource file does not exist - {0}",
messageFile);
messageFile = "";
}
else
{
// Set the specified file as the resource
// file for message text, category text, and
// message parameter strings.
mySourceData.MessageResourceFile = messageFile;
mySourceData.CategoryResourceFile = messageFile;
mySourceData.CategoryCount = CategoryCount;
mySourceData.ParameterResourceFile = messageFile;
Console.WriteLine("Event source message resource file set to {0}",
messageFile);
}
Console.WriteLine("Registering new source for event log.");
System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(mySourceData);
}
else
{
// Get the event log corresponding to the existing source.
logName = System.Diagnostics.EventLog.LogNameFromSourceName(sourceName, ".");
}
// Register the localized name of the event log.
// For example, the actual name of the event log is "myNewLog," but
// the event log name displayed in the Event Viewer might be
// "Sample Application Log" or some other application-specific
// text.
System.Diagnostics.EventLog myEventLog = new System.Diagnostics.EventLog(logName, ".", sourceName);
if (messageFile.Length > 0)
{
myEventLog.RegisterDisplayName(messageFile, 5001);
}
}
protected override void OnAfterInstall(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)
{
// Register display name for event log.
using (var eventLog = new EventLog(ServerService.EventLogName, ".",
ServerService.EventSourceName))
{
var messagesFileName = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(this.Context.Parameters
["assemblypath"]), "EventLogMsgs.dll");
eventLog.RegisterDisplayName(messagesFileName, 5001);
}
base.OnAfterInstall(savedState);
}