log event in Event viewer for metro apps

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For my metro app, I want to log an event in event viewer. It is like in the button click event I want to throw an error and this error has to be logged in event viewer..As the "eventlog" class is not available in windows 8.., how should I do it?? can I get the code for that.

Posted 4-Oct-12 19:27pm

SUSHIL AURADKAR

Updated 5-Oct-12 0:10am

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Mohd. Mukhtar 5-Oct-12 1:42am

Are you want to read event viewer log?

SUSHIL AURADKAR 5-Oct-12 2:45am

for my metro style application I want to log an event in event viewer. EVENTLOG Class in not available in windows 8..so how to proceed?

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2012-10-04T21:34:00

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Well, based on the following, it still exists in Windows 8. Here, look: MSDN: EventLog Class[^]

Event Viewer too exists in Windows 8: http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/win8/windows8-system-event-log.htm[^]

Posted 4-Oct-12 21:34pm

Sandeep Mewara

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SUSHIL AURADKAR 5-Oct-12 3:51am

Hi Sandeep please refer this link..
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappswithhtml5/thread/73c7fb3a-2183-4d60-b2b1-ff4aa9286700

SUSHIL AURADKAR 5-Oct-12 5:12am

Hi,,

Event viewer exists in Windows 8. But the question is I have an metro app,, where in under button click I want to throw an error and this error has to logged in event viewer... for this I should have "eventlog" class, which is not available in windows 8.

SUSHIL AURADKAR 10-Oct-12 6:38am

Please come up with solution..any1?