Hi all,
Currently, the EventLogAppender supports configuring the event log LogName
(event log) and ApplicationName (event source). It also supports logging the
EventID by adding a property to the LoggingEvent. However, it does not support
logging the event category (a short) even though there is a
System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEvent() method that supports it.
I was able to get event categories supported with little effort and I was
wondering if it would be possible to include this feature in future releases.
My team would like to use this feature, but some people are resistant to
maintaining a modified version of log4net. :-\
In order to get <category value="1" /> working for the EventLogAppender
configuration, I had to:
1. create a public (string) property, Category, and a private (string) field,
m_category, to EventLogAppender
2. add some code to Append() (Similar code is used earlier in the function to
convert the event ID):
short category = 0;
int intVal;
if ((m_category != null) && SystemInfo.TryParse(m_category, out intVal))
{
category = (short) intVal;
}
3. modify a line in Append() (or add an if/else block):
change:
EventLog.WriteEntry(m_applicationName, eventTxt, entryType, eventID);
to:
EventLog.WriteEntry(m_applicationName, eventTxt, entryType, eventID, category);
As you can see, the change is fairly straightforward. I hope it is something
that you can add to a future release. Thanks for your time!
Javan Gargus
Software Developer, GE Fanuc
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
