Send messages to windows event log?

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Has anyone managed to send messages to windows event log from script?

Thanks in advance!

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You could probably pair system.util.execute with the eventcreate builtin function: https://www.windows-commandline.com/create-event/

Keep in mind script execution scopes - if you call your script from a Vision button, it’ll go into the local machine’s logs, not the gateway’s; you’ll have to use something like system.util.sendMessage if you want to send an event to the gateway to go into a central event viewer.

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I've tried that and the problem is that i need to run eventCreate via cmd which need to be run as administrator. That where it fails!

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Hm, even from the gateway scope? I would expect the gateway service to be able to interact with it even when running as ‘LOCAL_SYSTEM’.

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A bit of a hacky workaround:

  • create a .BAT file with elevated privileges to run cmd
  • use system.util.execute to run the .BAT file
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I think I have to give up on this one, I’ve tried with elevated privileges and I get prompted “Do you allow this app to make changes”. Since I’m not allowed to turn off the notification in windows I assume it wont work.

Thanks for your efforts!