LogEvent Method

Description

Adds an event entry to a log file.

PowerBASIC Syntax

METHOD LogEvent ( _

BYREF vType AS VARIANT, _

BYVAL bstrMessage AS STRING, _

OPTIONAL BYVAL bstrTarget AS STRING _

) AS INTEGER

Arguments

vType	VARIANT. Integer value representing the event type.
bstrMessage	BSTR. String value containing the log entry text.
bstrTarget	Optional. BSTR. String value indicating the name of the computer system where the event log is stored (the default is the local computer system). Applies to Windows NT/2000 only.

Remarks

The LogEvent method returns a Boolean value (true if the event is logged successfully, otherwise false). In Windows NT/2000, events are logged in the Windows NT Event Log. In Windows 9x/Me, events are logged in WSH.log (located in the Windows directory). There are six event types.

Type	Value
0	SUCCESS
1	ERROR
2	WARNING
4	INFORMATION
8	AUDIT_SUCCESS
16	AUDIT_FAILURE

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "WSHOM.INC"

DIM pWsh AS IWshShell2

DIM vType AS VARIANT

vType = 0 AS LONG

pWsh = NEWCOM "WScript.Shell"

pWsh.LogEvent vType, UCODE$("Logon Script Completed Successfully")

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