Read evtx log files from win server 2008

Question

I'm trying to read, from XP SP3, .evtx log files which are hosted on a windows 2008 server.

I use EventLogQuery, EventLogInformation which are in Framework 3.5 System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.

However Visual Studio tells me this: "platform not supported exception". I don't get it as I have the Framework 3.5 installed already.

I am missing something here.

If anyone has a clue or another way to do this, please let me know.

Answer 1

The source code for these classes constains the following line: (In NativeWrapper.cs)

private static bool s_platformNotSupported 
     = (Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major < 6); 

In other words, they cannot be used on XP.

The MSDN docs for the underlying native APIs state that it requires Vista or higher.