On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 17:39 +0100, Gert Driesen wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Schurter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: donderdag 15 februari 2007 16:35 > > To: Gert Driesen > > Cc: 'mono-list' > > Subject: RE: [Mono-list] Nothing happens with mono-service and > > EventLog.WriteEntry > > > > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 22:06 +0100, Gert Driesen wrote: > > ...snip... > > > What part is clumsy about it ? I started working on an MWF gui for > > the > > > eventlog which basically is a light-weight version of the windows > > > EventViewer. > > > > I guess I expected a syslog-like backend. I find the EventLog in > > Windows a lot less useful and harder to read than syslog in general, so > > for me have a 100% accurate implementation is a bad thing. > > > > However, I discovered this little snippet of code should keep Windows > > happy as well as give me the syslog support I love: > > > > private void SmartLog (string message) > > { > > int p = (int) Environment.OSVersion.Platform; > > if ((p == 4) || (p == 128)) { > > // UNIX - Use Syslog > > Mono.Unix.Native.Syscall.syslog ( > > Mono.Unix.Native.SyslogLevel.LOG_INFO, > > message); > > } else { > > // Windows - Use EventLog > > EventLog.WriteEntry (message); > > } > > } > > } > > > > Obviously not the most "robust" solution, but its a quick and easy hack > > to make everyone happy! ;) > > I'll checkout the Mono.Unix API for Syslog and perhaps add support for using > it as a backend for event log.
Excellent! I'd be interested in testing it or even help developing it. (Although I'm a bit slow at navigating, building, and hacking the full mono source tree... submitted a tiny patch once before and it took me a while to figure everything out.) Thanks again for all of your help! Michael _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
