EventLogEntryCollection.Count Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics

Assembly:

System.Diagnostics.EventLog.dll

Source:

EventLogEntryCollection.cs

Gets the number of entries in the event log (that is, the number of elements in the EventLogEntry collection).

public:
 property int Count { int get(); };

public int Count { get; }

member this.Count : int

Public ReadOnly Property Count As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The number of entries currently in the event log.

Implements

Count

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the Count property to iterate through an EventLogEntryCollection object.

// Create a new EventLog object.
EventLog^ myEventLog1 = gcnew EventLog;
myEventLog1->Log = myLogName;

// Obtain the Log Entries of the Event Log
EventLogEntryCollection^ myEventLogEntryCollection = myEventLog1->Entries;
Console::WriteLine( "The number of entries in 'MyNewLog' = {0}", myEventLogEntryCollection->Count );

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

// Create a new EventLog object.
EventLog myEventLog1 = new EventLog();
myEventLog1.Log = myLogName;
// Obtain the Log Entries of the Event Log
EventLogEntryCollection myEventLogEntryCollection = myEventLog1.Entries;
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);
}

' Create a new EventLog object.
Dim myEventLog1 As New EventLog()
myEventLog1.Log = myLogName
' Obtain the Log Entries of the Event Log
Dim myEventLogEntryCollection As EventLogEntryCollection = myEventLog1.Entries
Console.WriteLine("The number of entries in 'MyNewLog' = " + _
                           myEventLogEntryCollection.Count.ToString())
' Display the 'Message' property of EventLogEntry.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To myEventLogEntryCollection.Count - 1
   Console.WriteLine("The Message of the EventLog is :" + _
                  myEventLogEntryCollection(i).Message)
Next i

Remarks

An EventLogEntryCollection represents a dynamic list of all the entries in a log. Therefore, the Count property can change during the lifetime of the EventLogEntryCollection instance that you create. It is usually best to work with the Count property directly instead of assigning its value to a variable.

See also

• Entries