Hello Monks,

I'm trying to retrieve the full text of an eventlog message, i.e. the text that you see if you use eventvwr and double-click an entry.

If I use GetMessageText and print the Message field I retrieve the full messages for certain sources (eg. DnsApi, NETLOGON, BROWSER), and nothing for other sources (eg. w32time, WMI, b57w2k (broadcom nic driver) 

Win32::EventLog::GetMessageText($hashRef);
print "Entry $x: $hashRef->{Message}\n";

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Example: w32time

From an eventvwr dump to text: "The Windows Time Service was not able to find a Domain Controller. A time and date update was not possible. " From GetMessageText and {Message}: Nothing

Does anyone have any idea why I can retrieve the message for certain sources and not others?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,

Greg

In reply to Win32::EventLog *complete* message retrieval by Anonymous Monk

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