Creating source for Windows Event Log

[AaronM]

Is there something built in InstallShield to create sources for Windows Event Log? It requires administrative rights on all Operating Systems and elevation on Vista.

My alternative is to use a managed custom action by calling into a C# DLL and use the CreateEventSource method on System.Diagnostics.EventLog (link) class accordingly.

[AaronM]

There is also the System.Diagnostics.EventLogInstaller class (link)in .NET that is used in conjunction with InstallUtil.exe.

[setupcoder]

There is no need to use custom actions to create event logs and event log sources. Just create the appropriate registry keys and values according to the following Microsoft documentation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363648(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363661(VS.85).aspx

[AaronM]

Thank you! This will be a much better solution since it can more easily work with rollbacks and uninstalls also.