Event Logging in Windows 2000

// MCCreator.cpp: implementation of the MCCreator class.
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "MCGenerator.h"
#include "MCCreator.h"


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

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Construction/Destruction
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

MCCreator::MCCreator()
{

}

MCCreator::~MCCreator()
{

}

MCCreator::CreateMC(CString szInFileName, UINT nCategory, UINT nEvent)
{
	CString szRawFileName =  szInFileName;
	szInFileName = szInFileName + ".mc";
	m_OutStrm.open(szInFileName);	//create/opens output file and attaches OSTREAM

	if(m_OutStrm.fail())		//checks for successful file opening
	{
		cout << "The file failed to be opened or created" << endl;
		exit(1);
	}

	CreateCategoryHeading(szInFileName);
	for(UINT nLoop = 1; nLoop <= nCategory; nLoop++)
	{
		CreateCategory();
	}
	CreateEOCategory();
	CreateEventHeading();

	for(nLoop = 1; nLoop <= nEvent; nLoop++)
	{
		CreateEvent();
	}

	CreateEOF();

	m_OutStrm.close();	//closing the output file


}

void MCCreator::CreateCategoryHeading(CString szInFileName)
{
	this->m_szOut = ";//Created using Message File Generator written by Nathan Iverson\n\n\n";


	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//*********************************************************************\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//The following example entries are user defined and must be changed.\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//The capital letter portion is the code that must be modified in the\n;//code sections that follow.\n\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//#ifndef EVENT_LOG_MESSAGE_DLL\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//#define EVENT_LOG_MESSAGE_DLL\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//SymbolicName=SOME SYMBOLIC CATEGORY NAME WHICH IS USER DEFINED\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//SymbolicName=SOME SYMBOLIC EVENT NAME WHICH IS USER DEFINED\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//SOME MESSAGE WHICH IS USER DEFINED\n";

	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//*********************************************************************\n";

	m_szOut = m_szOut + "\n\n\n";

	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";// MessageIdTypeDef & SeverityNames should NOT be altered\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";// Category definitions are of type WORD\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";// Category definitions must start at MessageId=1 and increment from that value\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "MessageIdTypedef=WORD\n\n";

	m_szOut = m_szOut + "SeverityNames=(Success=0x0\n";
    m_szOut = m_szOut + "\t\t\t\tInformational=0x1\n";
    m_szOut = m_szOut + "\t\t\t\tWarning=0x2\n";
    m_szOut = m_szOut + "\t\t\t\tError=0x3)\n\n";


	m_szOut = m_szOut + "LanguageNames=(English=0x409:";
	m_szOut = m_szOut +	"MSG00001";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ")\n\n";

	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";// - Modify these defines to suit your own event log module name\n";

	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";#ifndef EVENT_LOG_MESSAGE_DLL\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";#define EVENT_LOG_MESSAGE_DLL\n\n\n";


    m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//**********************Category Definitions***********************\n";
	this->m_OutStrm << m_szOut;
}


void MCCreator::CreateCategory()
{
	static UINT nCatIDIncrementor = 0;
	nCatIDIncrementor++;

	this->m_szOut = "MessageId=";
	this->m_OutStrm << m_szOut;
	this->m_OutStrm << nCatIDIncrementor;
	this->m_szOut = "\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "Facility=Application\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "Severity=Success\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "SymbolicName=SOME SYMBOLIC CATEGORY NAME WHICH IS USER DEFINED\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "Language=English\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "SOME MESSAGE WHICH IS USER DEFINED\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ".\n\n";
	this->m_OutStrm << m_szOut;

}

void MCCreator::CreateEOCategory()
{
	this->m_szOut = ";//********************End of Category Definitions*******************\n\n\n\n";
	this->m_OutStrm << m_szOut;
}

void MCCreator::CreateEventHeading()
{
	
	this->m_szOut = ";// MessageIdTypeDef should NOT be altered\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";// Event definitions are of type DWORD\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "MessageIdTypedef=DWORD\n\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";//***********************Event Definitions******************************\n";
	this->m_OutStrm << m_szOut;

}
void MCCreator::CreateEvent()
{
	static UINT nEvtIDIncrementor = 1000;
	nEvtIDIncrementor++;

	this->m_szOut = "MessageId=";
	this->m_OutStrm << m_szOut;
	this->m_OutStrm << nEvtIDIncrementor;
	this->m_szOut = "\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "Facility=Application\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "Severity=Success\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "SymbolicName=SOME SYMBOLIC EVENT NAME WHICH IS USER DEFINED\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "Language=English\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + "SOME MESSAGE WHICH IS USER DEFINED\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ".\n\n";
	this->m_OutStrm << m_szOut;

}

void MCCreator::CreateEOF()
{

	this->m_szOut = ";//***********************End of Event Definitions***********************\n\n\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";// DO NOT REMOVE THIS\n\n";
	m_szOut = m_szOut + ";#endif\n";
	this->m_OutStrm << m_szOut;

}