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Calling SetupWriteTextLogError

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SetupWriteTextLogError writes information about a SetupAPI-specific error or a Win32 error to a SetupAPI text log. SetupWriteTextLogError writes two consecutive entries to a text log: the first entry contains the same information in the same format as that written by SetupWriteTextLog and the second entry logs a corresponding error code and a user-friendly description of the error.

To call SetupWriteTextLogError, an application supplies the same information that it would supply to call SetupWriteTextLog and, in addition, supplies the value of a SetupAPI-specific error or a Win32 error.

SetupWriteTextLogError writes the first log entry in the following format:

entry_prefix time_stamp category ****indentation formatted-message

SetupWriteTextLogError writes the second log entry in the following format:

entry_prefix time_stamp category **indentation **Error:error-number error-description

Where:

  • The entry_prefix, time-stamp, category, indentation, and formatted-message fields are the same as those that are described in Format of a Text Log Section Body.

  • The error-number field contains the error number.

  • The error-description field contains a user-friendly description of the error.

The following example shows how an application might typically call SetupWriteTextLogError to log information about an error in a text log. The error used in the example is a system start error. The application calls SetupWriteTextLogError, supplying the following parameter values:

  • LogToken is set to a log token value that either was obtained by calling SetupGetThreadLogToken or is one of the system-defined log token values that are described in Log Tokens.

  • Category is set to TXTLOG_VENDOR, which indicates that the log entry is made by a vendor-supplied application. Event categories are described in Enabling Event Categories for a Text Log.

  • LogFlags is set to TXTLOG_ERROR. This example does not include a time stamp or change the indentation depth. The current indentation depth was previously set to five monospace text spaces. For information about how to change the indentation depth, see Writing Indented Log Entries. Event levels are described in Setting the Event Level for a Text Log.

  • Error is set to the value of the Win32 error code, ERROR_SERVICE_ALREADY_RUNNING. The decimal value of this error code is 1056.

  • MessageStr is set to TEXT("Start Service: Failed to start service 'SomeService'").

  • A comma-separated parameter list is not supplied.

The parameters LogToken, Category, and LogFlags affect the operation of SetupWriteTextLogError in the same manner as these parameters affect the operation of SetupWriteTextLog.

The following code calls SetupWriteTextLogError to write the log entry for this example:

//The LogToken value was previously returned by call to
//SetupGetThreadLogToken or one of the system-defined log token values
DWORD Category = TXTLOG_VENDOR; 
DWORD Flags = TXTLOG_ERROR ;
DWORD ErrorCode = 1056; // The corresponding Win32 error code

SetupWriteTextLog(LogToken, Category, Flags, ErrorCode, TEXT("Start Service: Failed to start service 'SomeService'"),);

If the TXTLOG_VENDOR event category is enabled and the TXTLOG_ERROR event level is set for the text log, this code would create an entry in the text log that would be formatted as follows:

!!!     :  Start Service: Failed to start service 'SomeService' 
!!!   :  Error 1056: An instance of the service is already running.

Be aware that SetupWriteTextLogError provides the string "An instance of the service is already running." to describe the Win32 error whose value is 1056.