I need to implement a function to read application event logs in realtime. I have done this for our Unix server in Perl, but do not have the option of installing this on our Win32 production servers.

I have scoured (literally for days) the internet looking for any information on this topic but haven't found anything! Any assistance or direction is greatly appreciated.

What I need to do is read these event logs and then send alerts or trigger other functions based on specific events. The log files are updated 10-100 times a minute depending on how many users are connected to the server so I need to continue monitoring the log even if I fork out to respond to event01. Make sense?

Thank you!