tracking a program failure

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Pierre Bru

hi,

I got a .exe taht is run by another .exe via a C "system" call.

sometimes, this hidden run does not works but the "outer" .exe is not
designed to track such error :(

is there a way to register the "inner" .exe in a way that it the run
fails, windows write a message in the application log?

TIA,
Pierre.
 
Wrong group. Ask them in the C programming groups.

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:
| hi,
|
| I got a .exe taht is run by another .exe via a C "system" call.
|
| sometimes, this hidden run does not works but the "outer" .exe is not
| designed to track such error :(
|
| is there a way to register the "inner" .exe in a way that it the run
| fails, windows write a message in the application log?
|
| TIA,
| Pierre.
 
Dave said:
Wrong group. Ask them in the C programming groups.
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why ?

I gave the info on the "system" to give as most info as possible on how
the "inner" .exe is called but I do not want (and I have absolutly no
way) to modify any of the two .exe

BTW, I do not want to have the error code of the failing run but only
have a log that the run has failed, for ex in the Event Viewer |
Application log.

I want to know if it is possible to tell windows: "watch every run of
this .exe and if the result of the run is not a success (based on its
return status), log an entry in the Application logs"

Pierre.

-- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| hi,
|
| I got a .exe taht is run by another .exe via a C "system" call.
|
| sometimes, this hidden run does not works but the "outer" .exe is not
| designed to track such error :(
|
| is there a way to register the "inner" .exe in a way that it the run
| fails, windows write a message in the application log?
|
| TIA,
| Pierre.
 
Sorry but it is an application programming issue not an operating system
issue.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| why ?
|
| I gave the info on the "system" to give as most info as possible on how
| the "inner" .exe is called but I do not want (and I have absolutly no
| way) to modify any of the two .exe
|
| BTW, I do not want to have the error code of the failing run but only
| have a log that the run has failed, for ex in the Event Viewer |
| Application log.
|
| I want to know if it is possible to tell windows: "watch every run of
| this .exe and if the result of the run is not a success (based on its
| return status), log an entry in the Application logs"
|
| Pierre.
|
| -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
| Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows]
| http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
Dave said:
Sorry but it is an application programming issue not an operating system
issue.
Click to expand...

why ? other operating systems (such as OpenVMS) allow me to track
application termination (success/failure). the programer has nothing
special to do while writting the application, it is an OS feature.

I was just wondering if Windows was able to do so...

Pierre.
 
You'll need to either need to write something that monitors the app or look
for a third party tool.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Dave Patrick wrote:
| > Sorry but it is an application programming issue not an operating system
| > issue.
| >
|
| why ? other operating systems (such as OpenVMS) allow me to track
| application termination (success/failure). the programer has nothing
| special to do while writting the application, it is an OS feature.
|
| I was just wondering if Windows was able to do so...
|
| Pierre.
 
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