Running exe from inside of program

[Don57]

I wrote a small batch file to erase the windows event logs, of which there are many. I want to place the executable inside a GUI interface.
I essence have the programrun from a GUI interface.

[jj2007]

invoke WinExec, chr$("testthis.bat"), SW_SHOW

(There are more complicated solutions, too)

[Don57]

Thank you. I'm interested in other solutions as well, because I don't want the DOS windows to show.

[jj2007]

I don't want the DOS windows to show.

Use SW_HIDE (but beware of hanging DOS apps - for testing, I would use SW_MINIMIZE; besides, some minimal feedback to the user is not necessarily a bad thing...).

[Vortex]

Hi Don57,

What's wrong with the Windows Event Log Functions?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa385784(v=vs.85).aspx

Another question : why do you wish to delete the events silently?

[Don57]

I load and test various OS's and programs on my computer, as a result things go bad sometimes, and the Adminstrators log keeps building. There is no way to delete this log from the event viewer, so this was my solution.

[Vortex]

This vbs script clears the Application log without displaying a console :

Code: [Select]

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
 & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Backup)}!\\" & _
 strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colLogFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
 ("SELECT * FROM Win32_NTEventLogFile WHERE LogFileName='Application'")
For Each objLogfile in colLogFiles
  objLogFile.ClearEventLog()
Next


[hfheatherfox07]

@ Don57
Here is an example that I did not even remember having ....
It creates a batch files and than deletes it ...you never see a dos window 

you can modify the batch file to delete your log

----EDIT----

[sinsi]

>There is no way to delete this log from the event viewer
Right-click, clear log

[Don57]

I am runninng windows 7 64 bit and the clear log option is nowhere to be found for the administrators log.

[Vortex]

Hi Don57,

Could you please check the links below?

http://www.learnwithnirab.com/2011/10/how-to-clear-event-viewer-log-in.html

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-view-and-delete-event-viewer-saved-logs-in-windows-7

[Don57]

Thanks.  :t  The first one I already knew, but the second one that path doesn't exist in my version of windows 7 64x Ultimate

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Event Viewer\ExternalLogs     no ExternalLogs

The only problem is the Administrative Events log, with no clear function. With help from the forum putting together a little app to do that. If I have some free time next weekend I should finish it. I'd rather have it in an exe than a batch file so I can't alter it accidently.