in reply to Win32::EventLog not returning all events?

Try subtracting the value from $log->GetOldest() from the value returned by $log->GetNumber() to determine how many are actually in the log.

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Re^2: Win32::EventLog not returning all events?
by syphon (Initiate) on Oct 12, 2011 at 02:18 UTC
    The problem isn't exactly with the GetNumber() method. That method seems to return the correct number (it returns the same number of events that I see in event viewer).

    The problem is that when I iterate over... 

    while ($log->Read((EVENTLOG_SEQUENTIAL_READ|EVENTLOG_BACKWARDS_READ),1
+, my $entry))

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    ...it doesn't include all events I see in EventVwr! If I makeit print out the event details, I can walk through the events and see the code showing me some events but missing others. I can't figure out why it'd be skipping them, as they don't look different to me in any way.
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