NAME Log::Dispatch::Win32EventLog - Class for logging to the Windows NT Event Log REQUIREMENTS The following modules are required: Log::Dispatch Params::Validate Win32::EventLog Installation Installation is pretty standard: perl Makefile.PL nmake nmake test nmake install If you have Module::Build installed, you can use the following: perl Build.PL perl Build perl Build test perl Build install Note that the tests for this module will post to the event log. WARNING: WinZip is unable to use POSIX-style long pathnames in tar files, so it may ignore the directory structure of this module's distribution. Alternate gzip and tar utilities can be found at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net or http://unxutils.sourceforge.net SYNOPSIS use Log::Dispatch::Win32EventLog; my $log = Log::Dispatch::Win32EventLog->new( name => 'myname' min_level => 'info', source => 'My App' ); $log->log(level => 'emergency', messsage => 'something BAD happened'); DESCRIPTION Log::Dispatch::Win32EventLog is a subclass of Log::Dispatch::Output, which inserts logging output into the windows event registry. See the module documentation for more details. KNOWN ISSUES Depending on event log settings, if they are at their maximum size and the automatic purging of older events is disabled, then some of the tests may fail. Clear the event logs and re-test the module. REVISION HISTORY Changes since the last public release: 0.14 2006-xx-xx - removed SIGNATURE from the distribution A more detailed history can be found in the included Changes file. AUTHOR David Landgren (current maintainer) Robert Rothenberg Arthur Bergman Gunnar Hansson LICENSE This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.