Python Programming On Win32

Python EventLogRecord Object

A record from an Event Log contains quite a bit of information. Rather than attempt to encode this information in a tuple, a PyEventLogRecord object is used. These objects have the attributes described in Table 18.1.

Table 18.1. Attributes of a PyEventLogRecord

Attribute	Description
RecordNumber	The number of the Event Log record. This number could be used to seek to the specific record.
TimeGenerated	A Time object indicating the time the record was generated.
TimeWritten	A Time object indicating the time the record was actually written to the log.
EventID	An integer event ID, as defined by the application writing the record.
EventType	An integer defining the event type. Will be one of: EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE EVENTLOG_AUDIT_SUCCESS EVENTLOG_AUDIT_FAILURE
EventCategory	An integer event category, as defined by the application writing the record.
SourceName	The name of the application that generated the Event Log record.
ComputerName	The name of the computer that generated this message.
StringInserts	The string inserts for this message.
Sid	The security identifier of a user to be associated with this record.
Data	The raw binary data for the Event Log record.