EventLogGetNumberOfRecords

int EventLogGetNumberOfRecords(string servername, string logname)

Return Value

Returns int variable containing total number of records in the specified event log.

Parameters

servername – string that specifies the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) name of the server on which the event log is to be opened. If this parameter is "localhost", the operation is performed on the local computer.

logname – string that specifies the name of the log. If a custom log cannot be found, the event logging service opens the Application log.

Remarks

The oldest record in an event log is not necessarily record number 1. To determine the record number of the oldest record in an event log, use the EventLogGetOldestRecord function.

Package

Plug in module: nd_eventlogplg.npl

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of EventLogGetNumberOfRecords. 

# Example for EventLogGetNumberOfRecords

# Declare local variables
string sHostName = "localhost"
string sLogName = "Application"

# Retrieve total number of records in event log
int nNumberOfRecords = EventLogGetNumberOfRecords(sHostName, sLogName)
if (nNumberOfRecords == -1)
    Println("Could not connect to the Event Log at ", sHostName) 
    stop
else
    Println(sLogName, " Event log at ", sHostName, " opened")
    Println("Number of records in Event log is", nNumberOfRecords)
endif

          Output of the example script:  

          Application Event log at localhost opened
          Number of records in Event log is 1236