Sample console application that read the content of an event log…

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace EventLogReader{
  public class Program {
    static void Main (string[] args){
      EventLog logger=new EventLog("Application");
      int maxLineLength=30;
      string logFilter="*";     //*, I, W, E, ?            
      string message;
      string type;
      int counter=0;
      DateTime start, end;
      TimeSpan executionTime;
      start=DateTime.Now;
      foreach (EventLogEntry entry in logger.Entries){
        message=entry.Message.Replace("\n", " ");
        if (message.Length>maxLineLength) message=message.Substring(0, maxLineLength)+"…";
        switch (entry.EntryType){
          case EventLogEntryType.Information: type="I";
          break;
          case EventLogEntryType.Warning: type="W";
          break;
          case EventLogEntryType.Error: type="E";
          break;
          default: type="?";
          break;
        }
        if (logFilter=="*" || logFilter==type) {
          Console.WriteLine("[{4}>{0}-{1}({2})] {3}", type, entry.Source, entry.InstanceId, message, entry.TimeWritten.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
          Console.Out.Flush();
          counter++;
        }
      }
      end=DateTime.Now;
      executionTime=end-start;
      Console.WriteLine("{0} row(s) displayed in {1} ms. Press a key to quit…", counter, executionTime.TotalMilliseconds);
      Console.Read();
    }

  }

}