Log Errors to Windows Event Log or SharePoint Log Programmatically

Using Windows Event – Logs

During development its worth to log errors either in Windows Event log or in SharePoint log files for further troubleshooting.

try
{
	//Do something error-prone
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
	SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate
	{
		System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry("My Custom Solution", ex.Message + " Inner Exception: " + ex.InnerException + " Call Stack: " + ex.StackTrace, EventLogEntryType.Error);		
	});
}

Beside this you can also use Trace.write or Debug.write

Use SharePoint Log Files:

try
{
	//Do something error-prone action
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
	//In SharePoint 2010
	SPDiagnosticsService.Local.WriteTrace(0, new SPDiagnosticsCategory("My Custom Solution", TraceSeverity.Unexpected, EventSeverity.Error), TraceSeverity.Unexpected, ex.Message, ex.StackTrace);

	//In MOSS 2007
	Microsoft.Office.Server.Diagnostics.PortalLog.LogString("Exception Occurred: {0} || {1}", ex.Message, ex.StackTrace);
}

Salaudeen Rajack

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