OpenEventLog (advapi32)
Last changed: -42.99.164.65

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Summary
Opens a handle to the specified event log.

C# Signature:

    // OpenEventLog PInvoke call supporting NULL ServerName parameter (IntPtr.Zero).
    [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError=true, EntryPoint="OpenEventLog")]
    public static extern IntPtr OpenEventLog (
                            IntPtr lpUNCServerName,
                            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] String lpSourceName);

    // OpenEventLog PInvoke overloaded call supporting full parameters.
    [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true, EntryPoint = "OpenEventLog")]
    public static extern IntPtr OpenEventLog (
                            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] String lpUNCServerName,
                            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] String lpSourceName);

VB Signature:

Declare Function OpenEventLog Lib "advapi32.dll" (TODO) As TODO

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