I had a similar post to this on Friday, but I think I need to re-post to
clarify my question.

I want to know if anyone know if its possible to create a message file for
the NT Event Log using Visual Basic.

I am not asking how to log to the Event File from VB.  I understand how to
do this using app.LogEvent, however, I am not interested in using this
method due to the limitations of that method.  Instead, I want to log using
the Windows API to do this.

I have visited http://www.*-*-*.com/ ;and have been able to
use the code there to write to the event log (it work very nicely).  In
order to do this, however, you need to create a Message File where your
error messages are defined.  The example at
http://www.*-*-*.com/ ;demonstrates clearly how to make a
message file in C++.  I understand how this works, but I don't currently
have access to a C++ compiler

As a result, I am wondering if there is some other way to do this in VB.  Is
there some way to make a .RES file that serves the same purpose as the .DLLs
that are typically used as message files?

If worse comes to worse, I can use C++, but I would prefer to use strictly
VB.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Rob