How to direct the EventLogTraceListener to create in a specific Log

c# .net config event-log listeners
MichaelD picture MichaelD · Jul 15, 2009 · Viewed 9k times · Source

The following listener will create an event entry when the Trace.WriteLine is called. If the source does not exist he will create it in the default log channel which is 'Application' . I want to specify another default Log channel but after searching for 45 minutes i don't seem to find the solution. Any ideas?

<configuration>   
  <system.diagnostics>
    <trace autoflush="false" indentsize="4">
      <listeners>
        <add name="myListener"               
          type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener"
          initializeData="Source">          
        </add>
      </listeners>
    </trace>
  </system.diagnostics>
</configuration>

Answer

Brian Rudolph picture Brian Rudolph · Jul 15, 2009

Not sure that you can via the config.

Though the EventLogTraceListener does accept a different eventlog as a parameter in the constructor. Unfortunately, the class is sealed so you can't simply derive from it and pass a different value for the constructor.

Though you could follow this approach and construct your own class(seems fairly simple). And then reference that type in your config. http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele/archive/2006/02/23/438936.aspx

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