window event message

MessageIdTypedef=WORD

LanguageNames=(
    English=0x409:MSG00409
)

MessageId=1
SymbolicName=GENERAL_MSG
Language=English
%1
.

mc.exe %1.mc
rc.exe /r  %1.rc
link.exe -dll -noentry %1.res

 create key  
 SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\EventLog\\Application\\AppName

 value REG_EXPAND_SZ EventMessageFile  /pathto/g.dll
 value REG_DWORD  TypesSupported  7

 mHandle = ::RegisterEventSource(NULL, appName);    
 ::ReportEvent(mHandle, // event log handle
                error_type, // event type
                0, // category zero
                1, //  MessageId=1
                NULL, // no user security identifier
                1, // one substitution string
                0, // no data
                (const char**)msg, // pointer to string array
                NULL);
DeregisterEventSource(mHandle);