JM 7/4/2009, Using the LogParser's scriptable COM with Tcl:
Example #1
Input: Event Log
Output: CSV file
package require tcom console show set oLogQuery [::tcom::ref createobject "MSUtil.LogQuery"] set oEVTInputFormat [::tcom::ref createobject "MSUtil.LogQuery.EventLogInputFormat"] $oEVTInputFormat direction "BW" set oCSVOutputFormat [::tcom::ref createobject "MSUtil.LogQuery.CSVOutputFormat"] $oCSVOutputFormat tabs true set strQuery "SELECT TimeGenerated, EventID INTO C:\\output.csv FROM System" append strQuery " WHERE SourceName = 'Application Popup'" $oLogQuery ExecuteBatch $strQuery $oEVTInputFormat $oCSVOutputFormat
after running this example, the following file will be created c:\output.csv
Jorge - 2009-07-04 23:58:22 of course, you have to execute:
C:\LogParser>regsvr32 LogParser.dll
to "register" the LogParser scriptable COM component.
male - 2010-02-23 - an example accessing the Windows event log LogParser accessing the Windows event log