// 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);