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EventLogEntryCollection Class

Defines size and enumerators for a collection of EventLogEntry instances.

System.Object
  System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryCollection

Namespace:  System.Diagnostics
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
public class EventLogEntryCollection : ICollection, 
	IEnumerable

The EventLogEntryCollection type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public property Count Gets the number of entries in the event log (that is, the number of elements in the EventLogEntry collection).
Public property Item Gets an entry in the event log, based on an index that starts at 0 (zero).
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  Name Description
Public method CopyTo Copies the elements of the EventLogEntryCollection to an array of EventLogEntry instances, starting at a particular array index.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetEnumerator Supports a simple iteration over the EventLogEntryCollection object.
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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  Name Description
Public Extension Method AsParallel Enables parallelization of a query. (Defined by ParallelEnumerable.)
Public Extension Method AsQueryable Converts an IEnumerable to an IQueryable. (Defined by Queryable.)
Public Extension Method Cast<TResult> Casts the elements of an IEnumerable to the specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
Public Extension Method OfType<TResult> Filters the elements of an IEnumerable based on a specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
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  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetation Private method ICollection.CopyTo Infrastructure. Copies the elements of the collection to an Array, starting at a particular Array index.
Explicit interface implemetation Private property ICollection.IsSynchronized Infrastructure. Gets a value that indicates whether access to the EventLogEntryCollection is synchronized (thread-safe).
Explicit interface implemetation Private property ICollection.SyncRoot Infrastructure. Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the EventLogEntryCollection object.
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Use the EventLogEntryCollection class when reading the entries associated with an EventLog instance. The Entries property of the EventLog class is a collection of all the entries in the event log.

Because new entries are appended to the existing list, stepping through the collection enables you to access the entries that were created after you originally created the EventLogEntryCollection. However, after you view the entire list, it is not updated with new entries.

The following example demonstrates how to obtain event log information from an EventLogEntryCollection object.


using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;

class EventLogEntryCollection_Item
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            string myLogName = "MyNewLog";
            // Check if the source exists.
            if (!EventLog.SourceExists("MySource"))
            {
                // Create the source.
                // An event log source should not be created and immediately used.
                // There is a latency time to enable the source, it should be created
                // prior to executing the application that uses the source.
                // Execute this sample a second time to use the new source.
                EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", myLogName);
                Console.WriteLine("Creating EventSource");
                Console.WriteLine("Exiting, execute the application a second time to use the source.");
                // The source is created.  Exit the application to allow it to be registered.
                return;
            }
            else
                // Get the EventLog associated if the source exists.
                myLogName = EventLog.LogNameFromSourceName("MySource", ".");

            // Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
            EventLog myEventLog2 = new EventLog();
            myEventLog2.Source = "MySource";
            // Write an informational entry to the event log.
            myEventLog2.WriteEntry("Successfully created a new Entry in the Log");
            myEventLog2.Close();
            // Create a new EventLog object.
            EventLog myEventLog1 = new EventLog();
            myEventLog1.Log = myLogName;

            // Obtain the Log Entries of "MyNewLog".
            EventLogEntryCollection myEventLogEntryCollection =
               myEventLog1.Entries;
            myEventLog1.Close();
            Console.WriteLine("The number of entries in 'MyNewLog' = "
               + myEventLogEntryCollection.Count);

            // Display the 'Message' property of EventLogEntry.
            for (int i = 0; i < myEventLogEntryCollection.Count; i++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("The Message of the EventLog is :"
                   + myEventLogEntryCollection[i].Message);
            }

            // Copy the EventLog entries to Array of type EventLogEntry.
            EventLogEntry[] myEventLogEntryArray =
               new EventLogEntry[myEventLogEntryCollection.Count];
            myEventLogEntryCollection.CopyTo(myEventLogEntryArray, 0);
            IEnumerator myEnumerator = myEventLogEntryArray.GetEnumerator();
            while (myEnumerator.MoveNext())
            {
                EventLogEntry myEventLogEntry = (EventLogEntry)myEnumerator.Current;
                Console.WriteLine("The LocalTime the Event is generated is "
                   + myEventLogEntry.TimeGenerated);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Exception:{0}", e.Message);
        }
    }
}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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