Custom Action to log a warning in windows Event Viewer
Hi All,
I am trying write a VBScript based custom action that would log a warning in the windows Event Viewer. I wish to execute this custom action when some condition is fulfilled.
I know one way of doing it is by using the LogEvent method of the WScript.Shell object. Are there some other ways of achieving the same?
Thanks,
Vijay
I am trying write a VBScript based custom action that would log a warning in the windows Event Viewer. I wish to execute this custom action when some condition is fulfilled.
I know one way of doing it is by using the LogEvent method of the WScript.Shell object. Are there some other ways of achieving the same?
Thanks,
Vijay
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
I'd say no. There may be a route via WMI but since you already have a perfectly serviceable method, I'm struggling to know why you'd need another.
Posted by:
imvijay123
14 years ago
The problem with LogEvent is that it does not allow me to manipulate the source or the EventID of the warning that it logs in the Event Viewer. I also found out the the windows Event Logging Utility (Logevent.exe from Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit) which allows to manipulate the event properties but i am not sure if it works on all types of Windows OS.
I am currently researching a utility which displays certain events from the event viewer. I am trying to figure out the pattern of the events that it picks up at run time.
Thanks,
Vijay
I am currently researching a utility which displays certain events from the event viewer. I am trying to figure out the pattern of the events that it picks up at run time.
Thanks,
Vijay
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
The problem with LogEvent is that it does not allow me to manipulate the source or the EventID of the warning that it logs in the Event Viewer. I also found out the the windows Event Logging Utility (Logevent.exe from Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit) which allows to manipulate the event properties but i am not sure if it works on all types of Windows OS.Silly of me not to have known that, really, eh? What with you having spelt it out so clearly in your original post...
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