Explain EventLog class

Question

Briefly describe about EventLog class.

Answer 1

EventLog class is used to access Windows event logs from the Windows services. By using EventLog, we can customize the Windows event logs the record information about significant software and hardware events, like keyboard, events of the .NET controls, or other hardware devices.

EventLog class permits us to read or write to event logs, create as well as delete event sources and delete logs. We can use EventLog class to make event logs during creating the event source. Event source could be used to write to only single event log at a particular time. Though, it is possible to relate one event log to the multiple sources.