Defining Events
Providers must define all the events that they write. To define an event, use the event element.
The value attribute is the event identifier and it must be unique for the events that you define. Whether you set the other attributes depends on who will be consuming the events and from where. If administrators will be consuming your events using a tool like Windows Event Viewer, then you must set the channel attribute. If the channel type is Admin, then you must also specify the level attribute and set it to one of the levels defined in Winmeta.xml (win:Critical through win:Verbose).
If the event contains event-specific data, you must set the template attribute to the identifier of the template that defines the event-specific data. The level, keywords, task, and opcode attributes are used to group or bucket events. Although these attributes are optional, you should consider specifying level, task, opcode, and keywords, so that consumers can easily access only those events of interest. The level and keywords attributes can also be used by an ETW tracing session to limit the events that are written to the event tracing log file. The keywords attribute contains a space-delimited list of keyword names defined in the manifest. If multiple keywords are specified their mask values are OR'ed together to create the keyword value that the event will use.
You should set the symbol attribute to specify the symbolic constant that the compiler generates to identify the event's event descriptor—you use the event descriptor when writing the event. If you do not specify the symbol, the compiler will generate a name for you.
The message attribute contains the localized message string that is displayed with the event. To include event-specific data in the string, add insertion strings to the message text. For example, to include the third data item in the template, include %3.
The following example shows a complete manifest that defines events.
<instrumentationManifest
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events"
xmlns:win="http://manifests.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/windows/events"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>
<instrumentation>
<events>
<provider name="Microsoft-Windows-SampleProvider"
guid="{1db28f2e-8f80-4027-8c5a-a11f7f10f62d}"
symbol="PROVIDER_GUID"
resourceFileName="<path to the exe or dll that contains the metadata resources>"
messageFileName="<path to the exe or dll that contains the string resources>"
message="$(string.Provider.Name)">
<channels>
<importChannel chid="c1"
name="Microsoft-Windows-BaseProvider/Admin"
symbol="CHANNEL_BASEPROVIDER_ADMIN"
/>
<channel chid="c2"
name="Microsoft-Windows-SampleProvider/Operational"
type="Operational"
enabled="true"
/>
</channels>
<levels>
<level name="NotValid"
value="16"
symbol="LEVEL_SAMPLEPROVIDER_NOTVALID"
message="$(string.Level.NotValid)"/>
<level name="Valid"
value="17"
symbol="LEVEL_SAMPLEPROVIDER_VALID"
message="$(string.Level.Valid)"/>
</levels>
<tasks>
<task name="Disconnect"
symbol="TASK_DISCONNECT"
value="1"
message="$(string.Task.Disconnect)"/>
<task name="Connect"
symbol="TASK_CONNECT"
value="2"
message="$(string.Task.Connect)"/>
<task name="Validate"
symbol="TASK_VALIDATE"
value="3"
message="$(string.Task.Validate)"/>
</tasks>
<opcodes>
<opcode name="Initialize"
symbol="OPCODE_INITIALIZE"
value="12"
message="$(string.Opcode.Initialize)"/>
<opcode name="Cleanup"
symbol="OPCODE_CLEANUP"
value="13"
message="$(string.Opcode.Cleanup)"/>
</opcodes>
<keywords>
<keyword name="Read" mask="0x1" symbol="READ_KEYWORD"/>
<keyword name="Write" mask="0x2" symbol="WRITE_KEYWORD"/>
<keyword name="Local" mask="0x4" symbol="LOCAL_KEYWORD"/>
<keyword name="Remote" mask="0x8" symbol="REMOTE_KEYWORD"/>
</keywords>
<maps>
<valueMap name="TransferType">
<map value="1" message="$(string.TransferType.Download)"/>
<map value="2" message="$(string.TransferType.Upload)"/>
<map value="3" message="$(string.TransferType.UploadReply)"/>
</valueMap>
<bitMap name="DaysOfTheWeek">
<map value="0x1" message="$(string.DaysOfTheWeek.Sunday)"/>
<map value="0x2" message="$(string.DaysOfTheWeek.Monday)"/>
<map value="0x4" message="$(string.DaysOfTheWeek.Tuesday)"/>
<map value="0x8" message="$(string.DaysOfTheWeek.Wednesday)"/>
<map value="0x10" message="$(string.DaysOfTheWeek.Thursday)"/>
<map value="0x20" message="$(string.DaysOfTheWeek.Friday)"/>
<map value="0x40" message="$(string.DaysOfTheWeek.Saturday)"/>
</bitMap>
</maps>
<templates>
<template tid="t2">
<data name="TransferName" inType="win:UnicodeString"/>
<data name="Day" inType="win:UInt32" map="DaysOfTheWeek"/>
<data name="Transfer" inType="win:UInt32" map="TransferType"/>
</template>
<template tid="t3">
<data name="TransferName" inType="win:UnicodeString"/>
<data name="ErrorCode" inType="win:Int32" outType="win:HResult"/>
<data name="FilesCount" inType="win:UInt16" />
<data name="Files" inType="win:UnicodeString" count="FilesCount"/>
<data name="BufferSize" inType="win:UInt32" />
<data name="Buffer" inType="win:Binary" length="BufferSize"/>
<data name="Certificate" inType="win:Binary" length="11" />
<data name="IsLocal" inType="win:Boolean" />
<data name="Path" inType="win:UnicodeString" />
<data name="ValuesCount" inType="win:UInt16" />
<struct name="Values" count="ValuesCount" >
<data name="Value" inType="win:UInt16" />
<data name="Name" inType="win:UnicodeString" />
</struct>
</template>
<template tid="t4">
<data name="FilesCount" inType="win:UInt16" />
<data name="Files" inType="win:UnicodeString" count="FilesCount"/>
<data name="Path" inType="win:UnicodeString" />
</template>
</templates>
<events>
<event value="1"
level="win:Informational"
keywords="Remote Read"
task="Connect"
template="t2"
channel="c1"
symbol="TRANSFER_SCHEDULE_EVENT"
message ="$(string.Event.XferSchedule)"/>
<event value="2"
level="win:Error"
keywords="Remote Write"
task="Disconnect"
opcode="Initialize"
template="t3"
channel="c1"
symbol="DOWNLOAD_XFER_FAILED_EVENT"
message ="$(string.Event.DownloadFailed)"/>
<event value="3"
level="NotValid"
keywords="Local Write"
task="Validate"
opcode="Cleanup"
template="t4"
channel="c2"
symbol="TEMPFILE_CLEANUP_EVENT"
message ="$(string.Event.TempFilesNotDeleted)"/>
</events>
</provider>
</events>
</instrumentation>
<localization>
<resources culture="en-US">
<stringTable>
<string id="Provider.Name" value="Sample Provider"/>
<string id="Level.Valid" value="Valid"/>
<string id="Level.NotValid" value="Not Valid"/>
<string id="Task.Disconnect" value="Disconnect"/>
<string id="Task.Connect" value="Connect"/>
<string id="Task.Connect.ReadRegistry" value="ReadRegistry"/>
<string id="Task.Validate" value="Connect"/>
<string id="Task.Validate.GetRules" value="GetRules"/>
<string id="Opcode.Initialize" value="Initialize"/>
<string id="Opcode.Cleanup" value="Cleanup"/>
<string id="TransferType.Download" value="Download"/>
<string id="TransferType.Upload" value="Upload"/>
<string id="TransferType.UploadReply" value="Upload-reply"/>
<string id="DaysOfTheWeek.Sunday" value="Sunday"/>
<string id="DaysOfTheWeek.Monday" value="Monday"/>
<string id="DaysOfTheWeek.Tuesday" value="Tuesday"/>
<string id="DaysOfTheWeek.Wednesday" value="Wednesday"/>
<string id="DaysOfTheWeek.Thursday" value="Thursday"/>
<string id="DaysOfTheWeek.Friday" value="Friday"/>
<string id="DaysOfTheWeek.Saturday" value="Saturday"/>
<string id="Event.XferSchedule" value="The %1 %2 transfer will occur on %3."/>
<string id="Event.DownloadFailed" value="The %1 download job failed with %2. The job contains the following files:%n%n%4"/>
<string id="Event.TempFilesNotDeleted" value="The following temp files were not removed from %3:%n%n%2"/>
</stringTable>
</resources>
</localization>
</instrumentationManifest>
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