Writing error to Application Log in ASP.Net 2.0

[David Lozzi]

Howdy,

I'm working on some error handling for my application. Currently on WinXP
Pro SP2. Basically this is what I'm doing:

Try...Catch at the method level, Catch sends email with error

Page_error has code:
Throw Server.GetLastError

Application_error in global.asax has code:

Dim LogSource As String = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("WebsiteName")

Dim LastExc As Exception = Server.GetLastError

Dim message As String = LastExc.Message & "<br>" & LastExc.ToString

EventLog.WriteEntry(LogSource, message, EventLogEntryType.Error)
web.config has
<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/error.aspx"/>
When an error occurs the browser sends to error.aspx fine, but nothing is
written to the Application log. Here's what I get there
The following exception was thrown by the web event provider
'EventLogProvider' in the application '/patterns' (in an application
lifetime a maximum of one exception will be logged per provider instance):

System.Web.HttpException: The EventLogWebEventProvider provider failed to
log an event with the error code 0x800705DE.

at System.Web.Management.EventLogWebEventProvider.Pro cessEvent(WebBaseEvent
eventRaised)

at System.Web.Management.WebBaseEvent.RaiseInternal(W ebBaseEvent
eventRaised, ArrayList firingRuleInfos, Int32 index0, Int32 index1)

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I've added the LogSource as specified in the code above to
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Ap plication as a Key. From
what I've read, I should do a Server.Transfer in the Application_Error
function, not use the customError defaultRedirect in web.config. If I set it
up like this, nothing happens, I get the generic.net error page.

So to sum up, I'm trying to get error handling at the application level
working so that the Application Log will receive the error and I would like
the error to be sent to the error.aspx page if possible to display in the
event they call customer service. I will be notified of the error first when
the Catch sends the email.

Thanks!
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David Lozzi
dlozzi@(remove)delphi-ts.com
www.delphi-ts.com