The Event Category is different to the EventID. The EventLogAppender already supports setting the EventID, but it does not allow the Category to be set. That is what LOG4NET-38 is about.
But just because the EventLogAppender supports setting the EventID doesn't mean that it is easy to pass it the EventID to use, which is the problem that Billy was having. The EventID must be passed in a property which can be done either by setting a ThreadProperty or by using the EventID extension that sets a LoggingEvent Property. Nicko > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Grabowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 October 2005 04:38 > To: Log4NET User > Subject: RE: How to log EventID with EventLogAppender? > > Looks like there's already an issue open for this: > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-38 > > --- Ron Grabowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Billy Barnum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Right. Log4Net error msgs all have the same eventId. This is > > exactly > > > what I > > > want to change. > > > > The documentation for the EventLogAppender says: > > > > " > > If the event has an EventID property set then this integer will be > > used as the event log event id. > > " > > > > which means if you set an EventID property: > > > > log4net.ThreadContext.Properties["EventID"] = 5; > > > > That value will be sent to the Event Log. I may have used incorrect > > casing on EventID in one of my earlier posts. > > > > > I'm certainly no EventLog guru, but what I know is this: > EventId is > > > not a PK at all. It is, however, meant to be unique within an > > > EventSource > > and > > > optionally an EventCategory; usage is up to the application. The > > idea > > > is > > > EventSource and EventCategory provide context, while EventId > > > identfies the particular problem. 2 side notes: > > > > The EventSource property for an event log entry is set via the > > EventLogAppender's ApplicatioName property. The default value is: > > > > System.Threading.Thread.GetDomain().FriendlyName > > > > I don't think this is a value that needs to be settable on a per > > message basis. > > > > > 1. Log4Net already provides built-in context with the logger > > property > > > that > > > you can put in your logging message. IMHO it would be a great > > log4net > > > enhancement if this was passed through to the EventCategory field > > in > > > the > > > EventLog for EventLogAppender in addition to or instead of putting > > it > > > in the > > > > There's currently no way to pass in or set an Event > Category value for > > an event log entry. EventLogAppender uses this overload > when logging > > which doesn't pass in a value for event category: > > > > EventLog.WriteEntry(string, string, EventLogEntryType, int) > > > > I agree that it would be nice if it were possible to > specify an Event > > Category for each message logged or a default value for Event > > Category. > > Since we're already looking for EventID in the logging event's > > properties we may want to also look for EventCategory and use that > > value to call this overload: > > > > EventLog.WriteEntry(string, string, EventLogEntryType, int, short) > > > > Do you think it would be useful to allow default values for these > > properties to be specified inside the config file and used if the > > EventID or EventCategory property keys aren't present? > > > > <eventId value="5" /> > > <eventCategory value="10" /> > > > > > msg. If I get some time here I'll dig in and do it myself. I > > haven't > > > actually built log4net yet; I've only been using the executable > > > having just been using log4net for a week. > > > > If you're going to use TortoiseCVS to checkout the files > this post may > > be helpful: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/log4net-user@logging.apache.org/ms > g02060.html > > > > Apache is going to be moving everything to SVN before the > end of year. > > I thought the Logging Servics projects had a date set a few > weeks ago > > to make their move. I don't think has happened yet. > > > > > Back to issue at hand ... Ron, I tried your example code there, > > with > > > the > > > threadcontext/setting EventId property to 5, and all. Quick > > questions > > > if you > > > have time ... no hurry ... > > > > I must not have read the documentation correctly...try EventID. > > > > > 1. What's the diff between this threadcontext and MDC/NDC? > > > > This is what the release notes have to say about it: > > > > > > > http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/release-notes.html#1.2.9-new > > > > MDC is now implemented using the ThreadContext. > > > > > 2. I still don't see how that eventid 5 gets to the eventid field > > in > > > EventLogAppender without going the extension route (your 2nd > > > example). What do you put in your xml file? How does that go > > > anywhere other than > > the > > > message text? > > > > log4net.ThreadContext.Properties["EventID"] = 5; log.Debug("Hello > > World"); > > > > I don't think writting your own ILog is as terrible an idea > as people > > sometimes think it is. Log4net as we know it is really ILogger. The > > default implementation of ILogger is itself abstracted through the > > ILog interface. If you know your company or project is going to be > > logging a lot of additional information other than the just > messages > > and exceptions, I would write a LogManager that returns a > custom ILog: > > > > Company.Project.Logging.ILog > > > > You could write your implementation in such a way that you > can load up > > either log4net 1.2.0 beta 8, log4net 1.2.9 beta, NLog, or > MS's Logging > > Block at runtime without having to reference those > assemblies directly > > from your project. > > > > > 3. When I used that threadcontext code, asp rebooted itself with > > err > > > msgs - > > > which is sometimes a sign of stack overflow. Was there > some cleanup > > > and/or stack popping I needed to do? > > > > Posting the code you used and the error messages generated > is always > > helpful :) > > > > >
