EventLogWatcher Class
Allows you to subscribe to incoming events. Each time a desired event is published to an event log, the EventRecordWritten event is raised, and the method that handles this event will be executed.
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
The EventLogWatcher type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
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![]() | EventLogWatcher(EventLogQuery) | Initializes a new instance of the EventLogWatcher class by specifying an event query. |
![]() | EventLogWatcher(String) | Initializes a new instance of the EventLogWatcher class by specifying the name or path to an event log. |
![]() | EventLogWatcher(EventLogQuery, EventBookmark) | Initializes a new instance of the EventLogWatcher class by specifying an event query and a bookmark that is used as starting position for the query. |
![]() | EventLogWatcher(EventLogQuery, EventBookmark, Boolean) | Initializes a new instance of the EventLogWatcher class by specifying an event query, a bookmark that is used as starting position for the query, and a Boolean value that determines whether to read the events that already exist in the event log. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Dispose() | Releases all the resources used by this object. |
![]() | Dispose(Boolean) | Releases the unmanaged resources used by this object, and optionally releases the managed resources. |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | EventRecordWritten | Allows setting a delegate (event handler method) that gets called every time an event is published that matches the criteria specified in the event query for this object. |
The instances of this class are created from EventLogQuery objects, which specify a query for the event subscription. When an event is logged that matches the criteria expressed in the query, then the EventRecordWritten event is raised.
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The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: MayLeakOnAbort. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes. |
For example code using this class, see How to: Subscribe to Events in an Event Log.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
