EventLogSession.ExportLog Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader

Assembly:

System.Diagnostics.EventLog.dll

Exports events into an external log file. The events are stored without the event messages.

Overloads

ExportLog(String, PathType, String, String)	Exports events into an external log file. The events are stored without the event messages.
ExportLog(String, PathType, String, String, Boolean)	Exports events into an external log file. A flag can be set to indicate that the method will continue exporting events even if the specified query fails for some logs. The events are stored without the event messages.

ExportLog(String, PathType, String, String)

Source:

EventLogSession.cs

Exports events into an external log file. The events are stored without the event messages.

public:
 void ExportLog(System::String ^ path, System::Diagnostics::Eventing::Reader::PathType pathType, System::String ^ query, System::String ^ targetFilePath);

public void ExportLog (string path, System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.PathType pathType, string query, string targetFilePath);

member this.ExportLog : string * System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.PathType * string * string -> unit

Public Sub ExportLog (path As String, pathType As PathType, query As String, targetFilePath As String)

Parameters

path

String

The name of the event log to export events from, or the path to the event log file to export events from.

pathType

PathType

Specifies whether the string used in the path parameter specifies the name of an event log, or the path to an event log file.

query

String

The query used to select the events to export. Only the events returned from the query will be exported.

targetFilePath

String

The path to the log file (ends in .evtx) in which the exported events will be stored after this method is executed.

See also

• Technology Summary for Reading and Managing Event Logs
• Event Log Scenarios

ExportLog(String, PathType, String, String, Boolean)

Source:

EventLogSession.cs

Exports events into an external log file. A flag can be set to indicate that the method will continue exporting events even if the specified query fails for some logs. The events are stored without the event messages.

public:
 void ExportLog(System::String ^ path, System::Diagnostics::Eventing::Reader::PathType pathType, System::String ^ query, System::String ^ targetFilePath, bool tolerateQueryErrors);

public void ExportLog (string path, System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.PathType pathType, string query, string targetFilePath, bool tolerateQueryErrors);

member this.ExportLog : string * System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.PathType * string * string * bool -> unit

Public Sub ExportLog (path As String, pathType As PathType, query As String, targetFilePath As String, tolerateQueryErrors As Boolean)

Parameters

path

String

The name of the event log to export events from, or the path to the event log file to export events from.

pathType

PathType

Specifies whether the string used in the path parameter specifies the name of an event log, or the path to an event log file.

query

String

The query used to select the events to export. Only the events returned from the query will be exported.

targetFilePath

String

The path to the log file (ends in .evtx) in which the exported events will be stored after this method is executed.

tolerateQueryErrors

Boolean

true indicates that the method will continue exporting events even if the specified query fails for some logs, and false indicates that this method will not continue to export events when the specified query fails.

See also

• Technology Summary for Reading and Managing Event Logs
• Event Log Scenarios