TraceSource.TraceEvent Method (TraceEventType, Int32, String, Object[])

[ConditionalAttribute(L"TRACE")] 
public:
void TraceEvent (
	TraceEventType eventType, 
	int id, 
	String^ format, 
	... array<Object^>^ args
)

/** @attribute ConditionalAttribute("TRACE") */ 
public void TraceEvent (
	TraceEventType eventType, 
	int id, 
	String format, 
	Object[] args
)

ConditionalAttribute("TRACE") 
public function TraceEvent (
	eventType : TraceEventType, 
	id : int, 
	format : String, 
	... args : Object[]
)

Parameters

eventType

One of the TraceEventType values that specifies the event type of the trace data.

id

A numeric identifier for the event.

format

A format string that contains zero or more format items, which correspond to objects in the args array.

args

An object array containing zero or more objects to format.

The TraceEvent method is intended to trace events that can be processed automatically by tools. For example, a monitoring tool can notify an administrator if a specific event is traced by a specific source.

The TraceEvent method calls the ShouldTrace method of the SourceSwitch object returned by the Switch property. If ShouldTrace returns true, TraceEvent calls the corresponding TraceEvent method of each listener. Otherwise, TraceEvent returns without calling the listeners' methods.

The trace content is listener specific. The default TraceEvent(TraceEventCache,String,TraceEventType,Int32,String,Object[]) method writes the source name, event type, and numeric identity in the trace header, then calls the String.Format method, passing the format string and args array and using the CultureInfo.InvariantCulture property to format the string as the message output.

Note
The EventLogTraceListener is limited to a maximum id value of 65,535. If the id value specified is greater than 65,535, the EventLogTraceListener uses the maximum allowed value.

The following code example shows the use of the TraceEvent(TraceEventType,Int32) method to pass a trace event to the listeners. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the TraceSource class.

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