Public MustInherit Class ExceptionLogger
    Protected mstrEventSource As String

    Public Sub WriteToEventLog(ByVal strMessage As String, ByVal enmType As EventLogEntryType)
        Try
            If (Not EventLog.SourceExists(mstrEventSource)) Then
                EventLog.CreateEventSource(mstrEventSource, "Application")
            End If

            EventLog.WriteEntry(mstrEventSource, strMessage, enmType)
        Catch ex As Exception
        End Try
    End Sub

    Public Sub LogException(ByVal objException As Exception, Optional ByVal strClassName As String = "", Optional ByVal strMethodName As String = "")
        Dim objStackFrame As StackFrame = New System.Diagnostics.StackFrame(1)
        Dim intLineNumber As Integer = objStackFrame.GetFileLineNumber()
        Dim strFile As String = objStackFrame.GetFileName

        ' If no class/method information was passed in, get the information from the call stack
        If (strClassName = "" And strMethodName = "") Then
            Dim objMethod As System.Reflection.MethodBase = objStackFrame.GetMethod()
            strClassName = objMethod.ReflectedType.FullName
            strMethodName = objMethod.Name
        End If

        Dim strMessage As String = "Exception Details:" & ControlChars.CrLf
        If (strClassName <> "") Then
            strMessage = strMessage & "Class:" & ControlChars.Tab & strClassName & ControlChars.CrLf
        End If
        If (strMethodName <> "") Then
            strMessage = strMessage & "Method:" & ControlChars.Tab & strMethodName & ControlChars.CrLf
        End If
        If (intLineNumber <> 0) Then
            strMessage = strMessage & "Line:" & ControlChars.Tab & intLineNumber & ControlChars.CrLf
        End If
        If (strFile <> "") Then
            strMessage = strMessage & "File:" & ControlChars.Tab & strFile & ControlChars.CrLf
        End If
        strMessage = strMessage & "Details:" & ControlChars.Tab & objException.Message & ControlChars.CrLf

        ' Walk through all innerExceptions, adding their message to the combined message
        If (Not objException.InnerException Is Nothing) Then
            strMessage = strMessage & ControlChars.CrLf & "Inner exceptions:" & ControlChars.CrLf
            Dim objExceptionWalker As Exception = objException
            While (Not objExceptionWalker.InnerException Is Nothing)
                objExceptionWalker = objExceptionWalker.InnerException
                strMessage = strMessage & ControlChars.CrLf & "Message:" & ControlChars.CrLf
                strMessage = strMessage & objExceptionWalker.Message & ControlChars.CrLf
            End While
        End If

        WriteToEventLog(strMessage, EventLogEntryType.Error)
    End Sub

    Public Sub New()
        mstrEventSource = My.Application.Info.Title
    End Sub

    Public Sub New(ByVal strEventSource As String)
        mstrEventSource = strEventSource
    End Sub
End Class

A helper class which adds the ability to log exceptions to the Windows event log, including the class and method in which they occurred, to a class that derives from it.
The event source name defaults to the application title, but can be overridden by passing a string to the constructor (i.e. MyBase.New("MyApp") in the derived class).

e.g.

Public Class Test
    Inherits ExceptionLogger

    Public Sub Test()
        Try
            Throw New ApplicationException("Test exception", New Exception("Test inner exception"))
        Catch ex As Exception
            LogException(ex)
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Exception Logging to the Event Log

Visual Basic