//NOTE: TestprogSystemObjects must have appManifest with line to request Administrator mode to run.
// DO NOT USE THIS APPROACH IN A SHIPPING APPLICATION.
// Try to reister the event source at application setup time.
private static void RegisterEventLogSources()
{
StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder();
//check if the event source is registered
//if not, register it and prompt user to restart the application
//if it does, continue with the app start
try
{
string logName = AppConfig.GetStringValueFromConfigFile("WindowsEventLog", "Application");
string machineName = AppConfig.GetStringValueFromConfigFile("WindowsEventLogMachineName", ".");
string eventSourceName = AppConfig.GetStringValueFromConfigFile("WindowsEventLogEventSource", "PFApps");
string eventSourceInitializerApp = AppConfig.GetStringValueFromConfigFile("EventSourceInitializer", string.Empty);
string currentWorkingDirectory = AppConfig.GetStringValueFromConfigFile("EventSourceInitializerWorkingDirectory", string.Empty);
if (currentWorkingDirectory.Length == 0)
{
currentWorkingDirectory = Environment.CurrentDirectory;
}
if (WindowsEventLog.SourceExists(eventSourceName, machineName) == false)
{
WindowsEventLog.EventSourceInitializer = eventSourceInitializerApp;
WindowsEventLog.CurrentWorkingDirectory = currentWorkingDirectory;
int result = WindowsEventLog.RegisterEventSource(logName, machineName, eventSourceName);
msg.Length = 0;
if (result == 0)
{
msg.Append(eventSourceName);
msg.Append(" Windows Event Log event source name successfully registered.");
if (WindowsEventLog.OutputMessages.Length > 0)
{
msg.Append("\r\n");
msg.Append(WindowsEventLog.OutputMessages);
}
AppMessages.DisplayInfoMessage(msg.ToString());
}
else
{
msg.Append("Unable to register ");
msg.Append(eventSourceName);
msg.Append(" Windows Event Log event source name. Application event log write requests, if any, will be ignored.");
if (WindowsEventLog.OutputMessages.Length > 0)
{
msg.Append("\r\n");
msg.Append(WindowsEventLog.OutputMessages);
}
if (WindowsEventLog.ErrorMessages.Length > 0)
{
msg.Append("\r\n");
msg.Append(WindowsEventLog.ErrorMessages);
}
AppMessages.DisplayWarningMessage(msg.ToString());
}
}
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
string errMsg = "Attempt to set event source name for windows log messages failed with following error: ";
AppMessages.DisplayErrorMessage(errMsg + ex.Message);
}
finally
{
;
}
}