EventLog always writes to Application log

[Next]

Hello,

This code writes to the Application log. Isn't it suppose to write to
"NewLog" log?

I'm not getting something here. Can someone help?

Thanks in advance,
Aaron

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace TestEventLog

{



class Class1

{



[STAThread]

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Class1 c1 = new Class1();

c1.writeLog();

}

private void writeLog ()

{

EventLog el = new EventLog();

el.Source = "NewSource";

el.Log = "NewLog";

el.WriteEntry("hello");

}

}

}

 

[richlm]

You need to associate your new event source with the new event log using
"EventLog.CreateEventSource".
Here's the example from the .NET framework class reference:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;

class MySample{

public static void Main(){

// Create the source, if it does not already exist.
if(!EventLog.SourceExists("MySource", "MyServer")){
EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyNewLog", "MyServer");
Console.WriteLine("CreatingEventSource");
}

// Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
EventLog myLog = new EventLog();
myLog.Source = "MySource";

// Write an informational entry to the event log.
myLog.WriteEntry("Writing to event log.");

Console.WriteLine("Message written to event log.");
}
}