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user27414
user27414

Reputation:

How can I remove all events from the Application Event Log for just one source?

I'm using the application event log to write messages about activity happening in my program. I set the source to the name of my app. I would like to offer the user the ability to clear just the events related to my program. Is this possible? I only see a way to clear the whole log.

I'm using c# in .NET 2.0.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2066

Answers (2)

Prince Champappilly
Prince Champappilly

Reputation: 333

This is a piece of code from MSDN library see if this is what your looking for.

  string logName;

    if (EventLog.SourceExists("MySource"))
    {
        // Find the log associated with this source.    
        logName = EventLog.LogNameFromSourceName("MySource", ".");
        // Make sure the source is in the log we believe it to be in. 
        if (logName != "MyLog")
            return;
        // Delete the source and the log.
        EventLog.DeleteEventSource("MySource");
        EventLog.Delete(logName);

        Console.WriteLine(logName + " deleted.");
    }
    else
    {
        // Create the event source to make next try successful.
        EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyLog");
    }

Also what worked for me was creating an Event Source for my application using 

 if (!EventLog.SourceExists(source))
        {
            EventLog.CreateEventSource(source, additional);
        }

and logging all the details in there using 

 EventLog.WriteEntry(Source, error, EventLogEntryType.Error);

and then when i want to clear my logs i use

 EventLog myEventLog = new EventLog(Constants.EventSource);
 myEventLog.Clear();

This will clear only the logs you've logged under your source. Hope it helps :)

Upvotes: 1

Moose
Moose

Reputation: 5412

It is not possible to clear specific events from an Event log. It's clear all events or nothing.

Upvotes: 1

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