// Ensure that the source has already been registered using
// EventLogInstaller or EventLog.CreateEventSource.

string sourceName = "SampleApplicationSource";
if(EventLog.SourceExists(sourceName))
{
    // Define an informational event with no category.
    // The message identifier corresponds to the message text in the
    // message resource file defined for the source.
    EventInstance myEvent = new EventInstance(UpdateCycleCompleteMsgId, 0);
    
    // Write the event to the event log using the registered source.
    EventLog.WriteEvent(sourceName, myEvent);

    // Reuse the event data instance for another event entry.
    // Set the entry category and message identifiers for
    // the appropriate resource identifiers in the resource files
    // for the registered source.  Set the event type to Warning.

    myEvent.CategoryId = RefreshCategoryMsgId;
    myEvent.EntryType = EventLogEntryType.Warning;
    myEvent.InstanceId = ServerConnectionDownMsgId;

    // Write the event to the event log using the registered source.
    // Insert the machine name into the event message text.
    EventLog.WriteEvent(sourceName, myEvent, Environment.MachineName);
}
else 
{
    Console.WriteLine("Warning - event source {0} not registered", 
        sourceName);
}