Event Log (Compact 7)
3/12/2014
The event logging system provides a standard way for the OS, OS components, and applications to record important hardware and software events. The event log is a general-purpose tool that centralizes all the functionality necessary for creating events, collecting data, and logging information. Windows Embedded Compact 7 supports a subset of the Windows Events APIs.
Events are typically used for troubleshooting application and driver software.
Windows Embedded Compact 7 does not provide a common event-log service. To use event logs, you must write your own provider and consumer. For details, see Providing Events and Consuming Events.
| Windows Events APIs | Windows Embedded Compact support |
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Not supported. Calls to event logging functions return ERROR_SERVICE_DOES_NOT_EXIST. For more information, see Event Logging Functions. |
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Windows Embedded Compact 7 supports Event Tracing for Windows (ETW). ETW under Windows Embedded Compact supports several Windows Embedded Compact-specific APIs. For more information, see Event Log Subscriber Functions. |
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The Windows Event Log API defines the schema that you use to write an instrumentation manifest. For an example manifest, see Event Log Samples. |
For reference information, see Event Log Reference.
Sample application code is available at Event Log Samples.