Logging exceptions in your event log

Public Shared Sub LogException(ByVal ErrorDescription As String)

        ‘ The name of our log in the event logs

        Dim Log As String = “AspNetError”

        ‘ Check to see if the log for AspNetError exists on the machine

        ‘    If not, create it

        If (Not EventLog.SourceExists(Log)) Then

            EventLog.CreateEventSource(Log, Log)

        End If

        ‘ Now insert your exception information into the AspNetError event log

        Dim logEntry As New EventLog

        logEntry.Source = Log

        logEntry.WriteEntry(ErrorDescription, EventLogEntryType.Error)

    End Sub

public static void LogException(string ErrorDescription)

{

            // The name of our log in the event logs

            string Log = “AspNetError”;

            // Check to see fi the log for AspNetError exists on the machine

            //          If not, create it

            if ((!(EventLog.SourceExists(Log))))

            {

                       
EventLog.CreateEventSource(Log, Log);

            }

            // Now insert your exception information into the AspNetError event log

            EventLog logEntry = new EventLog();

            logEntry.Source = Log;

            logEntry.WriteEntry(ErrorDescription, EventLogEntryType.Error);

}

try

{

            ThrowException();

}

catch (Exception exp)

{

            LogException(exp.ToString());

            throw;  // or whatever you want to do with it

}

private void ThrowException()

{

            throw new Exception(“Test”);

}