Windows Eventlog on a remote computer

suresh kumar 0

I want to access the eventlog on a remote computer in WinForms using C#. I am using the Server Explorer at design time to connect to a remote computer and able to access the eventlog of the computer. I want to do the same programmatically. i.e., I should be able to connect to remote computer programmatically by supplying user credentials at run time and then I have to access the event log from that computer. Is there any possibility to do that in C#. Please help me in this regard. Its very urgent for me. Thanks, Suresh

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suresh kumar 021y ago
My concern here is I have used the Server Explorer to add the remote controller. And I have entered the user credentials at design time and I am connecting to that computer. And then I am dragging the EventLog component on my Winform and able to read the event log. But What I want is programmatically control this behaviour of Server Explorer and passing the user credentials at runtime.
cechode21y ago
this does not work?

System.Diagnostics.EventLog ev = new System.Diagnostics.EventLog( "System", "MyMachineNAME" );

Console.Write(ev.Entries[0].Message);