[JM] 7/4/2009, I just re-write the sample code (which uses COM) included in the [LogParser] help, to my favourite programming language

 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

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after running this example, go and see the contents of file c:\output.csv...
for more information, see [LogParser]
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!!!!!!
%| [Category Parsing] | [Category File] |%
!!!!!!