ServiceBase.AutoLog Property
Definition
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Indicates whether to report Start, Stop, Pause, and Continue commands in the event log.
public:
property bool AutoLog { bool get(); void set(bool value); };
public bool AutoLog { get; set; }
[System.ServiceProcess.ServiceProcessDescription("SBAutoLog")]
public bool AutoLog { get; set; }
member this.AutoLog : bool with get, set
[<System.ServiceProcess.ServiceProcessDescription("SBAutoLog")>]
member this.AutoLog : bool with get, set
Public Property AutoLog As Boolean
Property Value
true
to report information in the event log; otherwise, false
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- Attributes
Remarks
Setting AutoLog to true
instructs the service to use the Application event log to report command failures, as well as state change information for Start, Stop, Pause, and Continue events on the service. The name of the service is used as the log's EventLog.Source.
To report information to a custom event log rather than the Application log, set AutoLog to false
and write instructions within the command-handling methods OnContinue, OnPause, or OnStop to post to the appropriate log.
Note
The ServiceName, which supplies the source string for the event log, must be set before the service attempts to write to the event log. Trying to access the event log before the source name is set throws an exception.