public static EventLogProperties GetEventLogProperties(string machineName, string eventLogName)
{
EventLogProperties elp = new EventLogProperties()
{
MachineName = machineName, Name = eventLogName
};
try
{
using (RegistryKey remoteLMKey = RegistryKey.OpenRemoteBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, machineName))
{
using (RegistryKey eventlogKey = remoteLMKey.OpenSubKey("SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Eventlog\\" + eventLogName, false))
{
elp.MaxSize = System.Convert.ToInt64(eventlogKey.GetValue("MaxSize", 524288));
elp.Retention = System.Convert.ToInt64(eventlogKey.GetValue("Retention", 0));
elp.AutoBackupLogFiles = System.Convert.ToInt64(eventlogKey.GetValue("AutoBackupLogFiles", 0));
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception(string.Format("Error retrieving event log propeties for {0}", eventLogName), ex);
}
return(elp);
}
public static void SetEventLogProperties(EventLogProperties elp)
{
SetEventLogProperties(elp.MachineName, elp.Name, elp.MaxSize, elp.Retention, elp.AutoBackupLogFiles);
}