You are welcome.
Best regards,
yhhuang
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!Hello Huang,
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!thank you very much for the information. It works great.
!
!Franz
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!
!!> Hello Franz,
!>
!> As far as I know, there's no direct method in .NET class library to
!> increase the size of a specified event log. However, if you have the
!> appropriate permissions, you can directly write to the registry to modify
!> the appropriate event log properties.
!> (using the Microsoft.Win32.Registry and Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
!classes)
!>
!> Under the registry key of the appropriate event log, modify the 'MaxSize'
!> and 'Retention' values to modify the values of the properties you
!mentioned.
!>
!> For example, to modify the size of the Application Event log, you'll have
!> to change the value of the
!>
!HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\Ma
!> xSize registry key.
!>
!> MaxSize would be 512K upwards in 64K chunk increments. Retention values
!> would be:
!> 0x00000000 for "Overwrite Events as needed"
!> 0xFFFFFFFF for "Do not overwrite events"
!>
!> For "Overwrite Events older than x days", the property's value has to be
!> specified as the number of days in terms of seconds. (86,400 increments)
!> For example: Overwrite events older that 2 days will require you to set
!the
!> Retention key's value to 172800.
!>
!> Sorry that there is currently no way to do this, but keep an eye out for
!it
!> in the future. We are looking at continual improvement, and it's this kind
!> of feedback that let's us know what things you're trying to do, that we
!> haven't yet exposed for you. Thanks very much for your post.
!>
!> Best regards,
!> yhhuang
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!> Microsoft
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!> !Hi,
!> !
!> !I use an event log to protocol parameter changes. I create a dedicated
!> event
!> !log if it doesnt exist and write events to it. Now the problem: The
!default
!> !setting of the event log is to overwrite entries if older than 7 days.
!This
!> !leads to log file overflow under certain circumstances. As the software
!is
!> !used in industrial control devices, this cannot be tolerated. I know how
!to
!> !change the setting in the event viewer, but I must change it
!> !programmatically when the log is created.
!> !
!> !How can I change the settings of an event log programmatically?
!> !
!> !Please send a copy of your response by email.
!> !
!> !Franz
!> !
!> !
!> !
!>
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