static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
// Instantiate the LogQuery object
LogQuery oLogQuery = new LogQuery();
// Instantiate the Event Log Input Format object
EventLogInput eventInputFormat = new EventLogInput();
// When set to "FW", events are retrieved from the oldest to the
// newest. When set to "BW", events are retrieved from the newest
// to the oldest.
eventInputFormat.direction = "FW";
// Event text messages often span multiple lines. When this parameter
// is set to "ON", the EVT input format preserves readability of the
// messages by removing carriage-return, line-feed, and multiple space
// characters from the message text.
// When this parameter is set to "OFF", the EVT input format returns
// the original message text with no intervening post-processing.
eventInputFormat.formatMessage = true;
eventInputFormat.binaryFormat = "ASC";
eventInputFormat.stringsSep = ",";
CSVOutput csvOutputFormat = new CSVOutput();
// ON: always write the header;
// OFF: never write the header;
// AUTO: write the header only when not appending to an existing file.
csvOutputFormat.headers = "ON";
// Setting this parameter to "ON" causes the CSV output format to write
// a tab character after each comma field separator, in order to
// improve readability of the CSV output. Note that using tabs between
// field values might generate output that is not compatible with
// certain spreadsheet applications.
csvOutputFormat.tabs = false;
// ON: always enclose field values within double-quote characters;
// OFF: never enclose field values within double-quote characters;
// AUTO: enclose within double-quote characters only those field
// values that contain comma (,) characters.
csvOutputFormat.oDQuotes = "AUTO";
// This parameter specifies the date and/or time format to use when
// formatting values of the TIMESTAMP data type.
csvOutputFormat.oTsFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd";
// 0 is the system codepage, -1 is UNICODE.
csvOutputFormat.oCodepage = -1;
// 0: existing files are appended with the output;
// 1: existing files are overwritten with the output;
// 2: existing files are left intact, discarding the output.
csvOutputFormat.fileMode = 1;
/*
* EventLog STRING Name of the Event Log or Event Log backup file
* RecordNumber INTEGER Index of this event
* TimeGenerated TIMESTAMP Event generated date/time (local time)
* TimeWritten TIMESTAMP Event logged date/time (local time)
* EventID INTEGER The ID of the event
* EventType INTEGER The numeric type of the event
* EventTypeName STRING The descriptive type of the event
* EventCategory INTEGER The numeric category of the event
* EventCategoryName STRING The descriptive category of the event
* SourceName STRING The source that generated the event
* Strings STRING The textual data
* ComputerName STRING The name of the computer
* SID STRING The Security Identifier associated with the event
* Message STRING The full event message
* Data STRING The binary data associated with the event
*/
string query = @"SELECT TOP 10 EventLog, RecordNumber, Message INTO "
// Enclose path in single ticks to handle spaces.
query += "'" + FullPathToCsv + "' FROM ";
// Name of application Log, System, Security, Application, CustomLogName
query += "System";
oLogQuery.ExecuteBatch(query, eventInputFormat, csvOutputFormat);
}
catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unexpected error: " + ex.Message);
}
}