Register message file.
Source position: eventlog.pp line 92
public function TEventLog.RegisterMessageFile( |
AFileName: string |
):Boolean; virtual; |
AFileName |
|
Filename with messages as resource strings. |
True if the call was successful, False if not.
RegisterMessageFile is used on Windows to register the file AFileName containing the formatting strings for the system messages. This should be a file containing resource strings. If AFileName is empty, the filename of the application binary is substituted.
When a message is logged to the windows system log, Windows looks for a formatting string in the file registered with this call.
There are 2 kinds of formatting strings:
Category strings these should be numbered from 1 to 4
None of these strings should have a string substitution placeholder.
The second type of strings are the message definitions. Their number starts at EventIDOffset (default is 1000) and each string should have 1 placeholder.
Free Pascal comes with a fclel.res resource file which contains default values for the 8 strings, in English. It can be linked in the application binary with the statement
{$R fclel.res}
This file is generated from the fclel.mc and fclel.rc files that are distributed with the Free Pascal sources.
If the strings are not registered, windows will still display the event messages, but they will not be formatted nicely.
Note that while any messages logged with the event logger are displayed in the event viewer in Windows locks the file registered here. This usually means that the binary is locked.
On non-windows operating systems, this call is ignored.
If AFileName is invalid, false is returned.