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Event Logging in Windows 2000

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Sample code for performing event logging that is accessible from Event Viewer
// LoggerDlg.cpp : implementation file
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Logger.h"
#include "LoggerDlg.h"
#include "EventLogging.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CAboutDlg dialog used for App About

class CAboutDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
	CAboutDlg();

// Dialog Data
	//{{AFX_DATA(CAboutDlg)
	enum { IDD = IDD_ABOUTBOX };
	//}}AFX_DATA

	// ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
	//{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CAboutDlg)
	protected:
	virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);    // DDX/DDV support
	//}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
protected:
	//{{AFX_MSG(CAboutDlg)
	//}}AFX_MSG
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

CAboutDlg::CAboutDlg() : CDialog(CAboutDlg::IDD)
{
	//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CAboutDlg)
	//}}AFX_DATA_INIT
}

void CAboutDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
	//{{AFX_DATA_MAP(CAboutDlg)
	//}}AFX_DATA_MAP
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CAboutDlg, CDialog)
	//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CAboutDlg)
		// No message handlers
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CLoggerDlg dialog

CLoggerDlg::CLoggerDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
	: CDialog(CLoggerDlg::IDD, pParent)
{
	//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CLoggerDlg)
	m_cszPASSWORD = _T("");
	m_cszUSERNAME = _T("");
	//}}AFX_DATA_INIT
	// Note that LoadIcon does not require a subsequent DestroyIcon in Win32
	m_hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
}

void CLoggerDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
	//{{AFX_DATA_MAP(CLoggerDlg)
	DDX_Control(pDX, IDLOG_IT, m_cLOG_IT);
	DDX_Text(pDX, IDC_EDIT_Password, m_cszPASSWORD);
	DDX_Text(pDX, IDC_EDIT_User, m_cszUSERNAME);
	//}}AFX_DATA_MAP
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CLoggerDlg, CDialog)
	//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CLoggerDlg)
	ON_WM_SYSCOMMAND()
	ON_WM_PAINT()
	ON_WM_QUERYDRAGICON()
	ON_EN_CHANGE(IDC_EDIT_User, OnChangeEDITUser)
	ON_EN_CHANGE(IDC_EDIT_Password, OnChangeEDITPassword)
	ON_BN_CLICKED(IDLOG_IT, OnLogIt)
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CLoggerDlg message handlers

BOOL CLoggerDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
	CDialog::OnInitDialog();

	// Add "About..." menu item to system menu.

	// IDM_ABOUTBOX must be in the system command range.
	ASSERT((IDM_ABOUTBOX & 0xFFF0) == IDM_ABOUTBOX);
	ASSERT(IDM_ABOUTBOX < 0xF000);

	CMenu* pSysMenu = GetSystemMenu(FALSE);
	if (pSysMenu != NULL)
	{
		CString strAboutMenu;
		strAboutMenu.LoadString(IDS_ABOUTBOX);
		if (!strAboutMenu.IsEmpty())
		{
			pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_SEPARATOR);
			pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_STRING, IDM_ABOUTBOX, strAboutMenu);
		}
	}

	// Set the icon for this dialog.  The framework does this automatically
	//  when the application's main window is not a dialog
	SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE);			// Set big icon
	SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE);		// Set small icon
	
	// TODO: Add extra initialization here
	
	
// BEGIN: code to be added to the app for creating and linking the event source to the registry key
	this->m_pEventEntity = new EventLogging;
// END: code to be added to the app for creating and linking the event source to the registry key

	//this disables the Log It button
	this->m_cLOG_IT.EnableWindow(FALSE);
	
	return TRUE;  // return TRUE  unless you set the focus to a control
}

void CLoggerDlg::OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam)
{
	if ((nID & 0xFFF0) == IDM_ABOUTBOX)
	{
		CAboutDlg dlgAbout;
		dlgAbout.DoModal();
	}
	else
	{
		CDialog::OnSysCommand(nID, lParam);
	}
}

// If you add a minimize button to your dialog, you will need the code below
//  to draw the icon.  For MFC applications using the document/view model,
//  this is automatically done for you by the framework.

void CLoggerDlg::OnPaint() 
{
	if (IsIconic())
	{
		CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting

		SendMessage(WM_ICONERASEBKGND, (WPARAM) dc.GetSafeHdc(), 0);

		// Center icon in client rectangle
		int cxIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXICON);
		int cyIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYICON);
		CRect rect;
		GetClientRect(&rect);
		int x = (rect.Width() - cxIcon + 1) / 2;
		int y = (rect.Height() - cyIcon + 1) / 2;

		// Draw the icon
		dc.DrawIcon(x, y, m_hIcon);
	}
	else
	{
		CDialog::OnPaint();
	}
}

// The system calls this to obtain the cursor to display while the user drags
//  the minimized window.
HCURSOR CLoggerDlg::OnQueryDragIcon()
{
	return (HCURSOR) m_hIcon;
}

void CLoggerDlg::OnChangeEDITUser() 
{
	this->UpdateData(); //retrieves data from the edit control
	BOOL bEnable = (!this->m_cszPASSWORD.IsEmpty() && !this->m_cszUSERNAME.IsEmpty());
	this->m_cLOG_IT.EnableWindow(bEnable); //enables log it button when both edit control contain something
}

void CLoggerDlg::OnChangeEDITPassword() 
{
	this->UpdateData(); //retrieves data from the edit control
	BOOL bEnable = (!this->m_cszPASSWORD.IsEmpty() && !this->m_cszUSERNAME.IsEmpty());
	this->m_cLOG_IT.EnableWindow(bEnable); //enables log it button when both edit control contain something
}

void CLoggerDlg::OnCancel() 
{

// BEGIN: code to add to app to release dynamically allocated EventLogging object
	delete this->m_pEventEntity;
// END: code to add to app to release dynamically allocated EventLogging object

	CDialog::OnCancel();
}

void CLoggerDlg::OnLogIt()
//*******************************************************************************
//	Event handler function for the Log It Button
//*******************************************************************************
{
	this->UpdateData();
	


	CString	MSGTemp = "Test Data for inserting into log\n\nUsername: " +
		m_cszUSERNAME + "\n" + "Password: " + m_cszPASSWORD;

	this->MessageBox(MSGTemp);


// BEGIN: code to be added to app to log event

	// Defines strings of information to be used in event logging(may be modified to any string
	//  or any number of strings as long as NumOfStrings matches the number of elements in lpStrings array
	LPCTSTR lpStrings[] = {m_cszUSERNAME,m_cszPASSWORD};
	UINT NumOfStrings = 2;

	// logs event
	this->m_pEventEntity->LogIt(1,1001,lpStrings,NumOfStrings);

// END: code to be added to app to log event 
}

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