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List:       log4j-user
Subject:    Re: NTEvenLogAppender.dll - missing event description
From:       Curt Arnold <carnold () apache ! org>
Date:       2009-06-19 3:59:47
Message-ID: 5862245D-A286-4649-B1EE-D7051DF19CF8 () apache ! org
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Did you explicitly register the DLL with regsvr32 or equivalent (like  
an installer program) as administrator?  The DLL does try to register  
itself when used, however that is blocked under Windows Vista by  
default and may be blocked under earlier versions by configuration.


On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Bill Hutchinson wrote:

> 
> Hi -
> I am using the appender dll from log4j 1.2.15.  I believe I have  
> found all
> the threads on this subject of the EventViewer complaining about not  
> being
> able to find the event description.  And I've read bug 41169 and  
> perused the
> appender code.  It all makes sense and it ought to work, but when I  
> use the
> 1.2.15 appender dll I still get the missing event description  
> behavior from
> the EventViewer.
> I then created a resource-only DLL from the message resource file and
> manually set that in the registry entries in place of the appender  
> dll file
> location, and the missing event description behavior went away.
> This makes me think either there is still an issue with the  
> appender's code,
> or maybe the build process is not getting the compiled resource.
> Has anyone used the newest appender dll without the missing event
> description behavior?
> Thanks very much.
> Bill Hutchinson
> 
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