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Thanks! This will get me started and hopefully completed, but if I have some problems I hope you will be able to provide more help.
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Thanks! This will get me started and hopefully completed, but if I have some problems I hope you will be able to provide more help.

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I am trying to add event logging to the NT Event Log to my VC++ program. I can log everything via ReportEvent() but do not know where I am supposed to define message formats for used with the messageId. &nbsp;The online help references a &quot;message file associated with the event source&quot;. What is this? How is it created? Any other help &nbsp;with event logging would be appreciated.<br />
(I am using VC++ 5 on an NT 4 with SP5).
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I am trying to add event logging to the NT Event Log to my VC++ program. I can log everything via ReportEvent() but do not know where I am supposed to define message formats for used with the messageId.  The online help references a "message file associated with the event source". What is this? How is it created? Any other help  with event logging would be appreciated.
(I am using VC++ 5 on an NT 4 with SP5).

VC++ &amp; NT Event Log, What is the &quot;Associated Message File&quot;?

C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.

VC++ &amp; NT Event Log, What is the &quot;Associated Message File&quot;?

VC++ & NT Event Log, What is the "Associated Message File"?