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EventLog target

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Writes log message to the Event Log. 

Supported in

Configuration Syntax

<targets>
  <target xsi:type="EventLog"
          name="String"
          layout="Layout"
          machineName="String"
          source="String"
          category="Layout"
          eventId="Layout"
          log="String" />
</targets>
Read more about using the Configuration File.

Parameters

  • General Options
  • name - Name of the target.
  • Layout Options
  • layout - Layout used to format log messages.Layout Required. Default: ${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message}
  • Event Log Options
  • machineName - Name of the machine on which Event Log service is running. Default: .
  • source - Value to be used as the event Source.
    By default this is the friendly name of the current AppDomain.
  • category - Layout that renders event Category.Layout
  • eventId - Layout that renders event ID.Layout
  • log - Name of the Event Log to write to. This can be System, Application or any user-defined name. Default: Application
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