Is there an equivalent of System.Diagnostics.EventLog for C++?

Question

I need to change the parameters of the Windows Event Log from a C++ code, and namely what is available via the System.Diagnostics.EventLog class in C#. I need to read and later possibly modify the following properties:

• MaximumKilobytes
• OverflowAction
• MinimumRetentionDays

Answer 1

You can write the setting to the registry

MaximumKilobytes->MaxSize

OverflowAction&MinimumRetentionDays->Retention

Answer 2

You can do that by getting and setting values in the registry. Microsoft has pretty detailed documentation on this one. You would be interested in MaxSize and Retention values.