How to determine if an EventLog already exists

Question

I'm using the following line to create a new event log

new-eventlog -LogName "Visual Studio Builds" -Source "Visual Studio"

I want to run this every time, because if I run a build from a new computer, I'd still like to see the event logs.

The problem is that every time the script is run after the log is already created, it throws an error.

New-EventLog : The "Visual Studio" source is already registered on the "localhost" computer.
At E:\Projects\MyApp\bootstrap.ps1:14 char:13
+ new-eventlog <<<<  -LogName "Visual Studio Builds" -Source "Visual Studio"
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [New-EventLog], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewEventLogCommand

Now I know that I can "search" for the event log

Get-EventLog -list | Where-Object {$_.logdisplayname -eq "Visual Studio Builds"} 

But now how do I determine if it exists?

Answer 1

# Check if Log exists
# Ref: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.eventlog.exists(v=vs.110).aspx
[System.Diagnostics.EventLog]::Exists('Application');


# Ref: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.eventlog.sourceexists(v=vs.110).aspx
# Check if Source exists
[System.Diagnostics.EventLog]::SourceExists("YourLogSource");