Write to Windows event log
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Write script status to the Windows Event Log
PowerShell
<lang powershell>
- Create Event Log object
$EventLog=new-object System.Diagnostics.EventLog("Application")
- Declare Event Source; must be 'registered' with Windows
$EventLog.Source="Application" # It is possible to register a new source (see Note2)
- Setup the Event Types; you don't have to use them all, but I'm including all the possibilities for reference
$infoEvent=[System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType]::Information $errorEvent=[System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType]::Error $warningEvent=[System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType]::Warning $successAuditEvent=[System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType]::SuccessAudit $failureAuditEvent=[System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType]::FailureAudit
- Write the event in the format "Event test",EventType,EventID
$EventLog.WriteEntry("My Test Event",$infoevent,70)
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Note1: Thanks to PoSH Fan for posting information that got me started on this at Windows PowerShell Blog
Note2: See details on registering a new Event Source with Windows at MSDN