// Presume we have an Exception which contains the error message
Exception ex = <the exception to be logged>;
VLogEvent logEvent = new VlogEvent(
myTool, VlogEvent.ERROR, new Date(),
"Connection Failure",
"Connection to server XXX failed",
ex.getMessage(),
ex,
null);
// Log the console event
VConsoleEvent ev = new VConsoleEvent(
myTool, VConsoleActions.LOGEVENT, logEvent);
fireConsoleAction(ev);