Windows event log

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I would like to know if it is possible to write a log in windows event logs using a python script. I found some an script that can do that:

win32evtlogutil.ReportEvent(applicationName, eventID, eventCategory=category,
eventType=myType, strings=descr, data=data, sid=my_sid)

the problem is that I need to import win32evtlogutil and it seems that py32win library is not installed.
Have you any idea how to solve my problem?

Tanks in advance.

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You can only use python modules in jython if they are pure python – native library bindings won’t work. In these situations, you must look for a similar java approach to the problem, or spawn an executable that can do what you want. There are several possible approaches listed on stack overflow.
{ I haven’t done any of this, largely because I treat Windows like the plague. :slight_smile: }

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thanks for the information pturmel.

At the end I had to use a batch file that run a vbs to write a log in windows log viewer. It is not a very nice solution but at least it is working :smiley: