Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

The Log Method
Chapter 33: The Windows SharePoint Services Object Model 929
This code example will show how to create a log with the Log method of the
SPGlobalAdmin class that indicates the severity of a problem in the Windows Share-
Point Services environment and provides details. The signature of the Log method
looks like this:
public void Log(
int iSeverity,
string strMessage
);
The iSeverity parameter specifies the level of severity to report in the log.
Table 33-3 shows the possible values that the iSeverity parameter can contain.
Table 33-3 Values of the iSeverity Parameter
Value Description
0 Error
1 Warning about a problem
2 Ignorable but a potential problem
3 Infrequent and happens once per thread, but only information, not a problem
4 Uncommon and happens several times per thread, but only information, not a problem
5 Common and happens numerous times per thread, but only information, not a problem
6 Frequent and happens many times per thread, but only information, not a problem
7 Verbose log that provides all information
8 TestingProgram only used by test application
The strMessage parameter contains a description that will be used in the log for
the specified error. The Log method will log the message and severity to a file in
%temp%\.log.
SPGlobalAdmin myGlobalAdmin = new SPGlobalAdmin();
myGlobalAdmin.Log(8, "a test message");
Microsoft.SharePoint.Dsp Namespace
The Microsoft.SharePoint.Dsp namespace provides the base class for the data
retrieval service adapters used in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. This
namespace can be found in the Microsoft.SharePoint.Dsp assembly (in Microsoft
.SharePoint.Dsp.dll). The adapters define a protocol for data consumers to query
heterogeneous data sources and for the data sources to return query results back to
the consumers, integrating different types of data into a unified format so that they
can be related, analyzed, and manipulated easily.
Each data retrieval service provides a data-binding scheme that enables data
consumers and data servers to communicate with each other through Simple Object