Creating an Event Handler
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This topic explains how to create an Event Handler, that is, a piece of functionality triggered when a certain type of event happens to a certain type of Content Manager item. It also explains what to do with your Event Handler once you have compiled it to an assembly (DLL).
You can implement very narrowly defined Event Handlers: for example, if the trigger is the creation of a Component, you can associate the Component with a specific Component Template, put the resulting Component Presentation on a Page you create for this purpose, and publish the Page. But you can also implement very broadly defined Event Handlers: for example, you can log any action performed on the Content Manager to a back office as part of preserving an audit trail.