---
name: "ReportEventA"
section: "3w"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwine-dev"
version: "1.4.1-4"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ReportEventA"
---

# ReportEventA(3w)

## NAME

**ReportEventA** (ADVAPI32.@)

## SYNOPSIS

BOOL ReportEventA\
  (\
   HANDLE  *hEventLog*,\
   WORD    *wType*,\
   WORD    *wCategory*,\
   DWORD   *dwEventID*,\
   PSID    *lpUserSid*,\
   WORD    *wNumStrings*,\
   DWORD   *dwDataSize*,\
   LPCSTR\* *lpStrings*,\
   LPVOID  *lpRawData*\
  )

## DESCRIPTION

Writes an entry at the end of an event log.

## PARAMS

*hEventLog* **\[In\]**  Handle of an event log.

*wType* **\[In\]**  See **MSDN** doc.

*wCategory* **\[In\]**  Event category.

*dwEventID* **\[In\]**  Event identifier.

*lpUserSid* **\[In\]**  Current user's security identifier.

*wNumStrings* **\[In\]**  Number of insert strings in *lpStrings*.

*dwDataSize* **\[In\]**  Size of event-specific raw data to write.

*lpStrings* **\[In\]**  Buffer containing an array of string to be merged.

*lpRawData* **\[In\]**  Buffer containing the binary data.

## RETURNS

**Success:** nonzero. Entry was written to the log.

**Failure:** zero.

## NOTES

The ReportEvent function adds the time, the entry's length, and the offsets before storing the entry in the log. If *lpUserSid* != **NULL**, the username is also logged.

## IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in **"winbase.h"**.

Implemented in **"dlls/advapi32/eventlog.c"**.

Debug channel **"advapi"**.