How do I use EventLogTraceListener? Iis documentation correct?

[Stan]

According to MSDN the following config files settings provide send tracing
information to event log:

<add name="MyListener"
<add name="MyEventListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener, Version,
Culture, PublicKeyToken"
initializeData="MyConfigEventLog"/>

This doesn't work though.

How do I use EventLogTraceListener?

Thanks,

-Stan

[José Joye]

For a TextWriterTraceListener, the following works for me:

<add name="BTListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener,S ystem,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
initializeData="C:\temp\BTFileProcessing.log" />

José

"Stan" <no****@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
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According to MSDN the following config files settings provide send tracing
information to event log:

<add name="MyListener"
<add name="MyEventListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener, Version,
Culture, PublicKeyToken"
initializeData="MyConfigEventLog"/>

This doesn't work though.

How do I use EventLogTraceListener?

Thanks,

-Stan

[Stan]

Where did you get version and PublicKeyToken from?

"José Joye" <jose.joye@__No_SPam__bluewin__maPS_oN__.ch> wrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

For a TextWriterTraceListener, the following works for me:

<add name="BTListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener,S ystem,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
initializeData="C:\temp\BTFileProcessing.log" />

José

"Stan" <no****@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:O6**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

According to MSDN the following config files settings provide send tracing information to event log:

<add name="MyListener"
<add name="MyEventListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken"
initializeData="MyConfigEventLog"/>

This doesn't work though.

How do I use EventLogTraceListener?

Thanks,

-Stan

[José Joye]

From the GAC (\WINNT\Assembly).
The values I have are those installed with the 1.1 Framework for the
"System" assembly

José
"Stan" <no****@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
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Where did you get version and PublicKeyToken from?

"José Joye" <jose.joye@__No_SPam__bluewin__maPS_oN__.ch> wrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

For a TextWriterTraceListener, the following works for me:

<add name="BTListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener,S ystem,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
initializeData="C:\temp\BTFileProcessing.log" />

José

"Stan" <no****@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:O6**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

According to MSDN the following config files settings provide send tracing information to event log:

<add name="MyListener"
<add name="MyEventListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken"
initializeData="MyConfigEventLog"/>

This doesn't work though.

How do I use EventLogTraceListener?

Thanks,

-Stan

[Tian Min Huang]

Hello Stan,

José is correct. In addition, some fields like PublicKeyToken are optional,
you can simplify it as the following:

<add name="MyEventListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener"
initializeData="MyConfigEventLog"/>

Hope this helps.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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[Stan]

And what is the role of initializeData="MyConfigEventLog" ?

"Tian Min Huang" <ti******@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:dO**************@cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl...

Hello Stan,

José is correct. In addition, some fields like PublicKeyToken are optional, you can simplify it as the following:

<add name="MyEventListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener"
initializeData="MyConfigEventLog"/>

Hope this helps.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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[Tian Min Huang]

Hello Stan,

Thanks for your response.

For the EventLogTraceListener, the initializeData specifies the event log
to send events to. You can go to "Control Panel" -> "Administrative Tools"
-> "Event Viewer" to see the result. As in this case, an entry named
MyConfigEventLog will be created in the event log.

While for the TextWriterTraceListener, the initializeData attribute
specifies a file to output data to.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any problems or concerns.

Have a nice day!

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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[José Joye]

I did not know about the simplified way...
I much prefer it since it is not version related.

By the way, I really agree with Stan, the documentation regarding usage of
tracing in the .exe.config file is rather confusing. It could be good to
update it ;-)

José
"Tian Min Huang" <ti******@online.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:dO**************@cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl...

Hello Stan,

José is correct. In addition, some fields like PublicKeyToken are optional, you can simplify it as the following:

<add name="MyEventListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener"
initializeData="MyConfigEventLog"/>

Hope this helps.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

Get Secure! -- www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.