What event id to use for my custom event log entries?

c# windows event-log
Niran picture Niran · Nov 18, 2009 · Viewed 43.3k times · Source

Is there any ranges of valid event IDs which should be used by custom applications while logging to Windows EventLog? Or I can use any event ID of my choice (1,2,3,4....). P.S, I am developing in C#.NET.

Answer

Martin picture Martin · Nov 18, 2009

EventIds are application specific so you can use whatever ranges you like. Just ensure you document what you have used and where so that you can ensure you don't use an id twice, or to facilitate easier debugging.

But keep in mind...

Like when Henry Ford said "you can have any color you want as long as it's black" - you can also use whatever range you like as long as that range falls inside the range of 0 and 65535.

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