lw_common.ui.edit_log_settings_form.check_event_log_thread C# (CSharp) Method

        private void check_event_log_thread() {
            /* Examples of valid names on my machine:

                Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational
                Microsoft-Windows-AppxPackaging/Operational
                Microsoft-Windows-AppModel-Runtime/admin


            The remote machine:
            - It must be discoverable
            - Account you use must belong to "Event Log Readers"
            - You must enable the Remote Event Log Management exception in the Windows Firewall Settings on the remote computer to which you want to connect.
            - "Remote Registry" must be running on the remote computer
            */
            while (!closed_) {
                Thread.Sleep(250);
                bool needs_check = false;
                string[] event_logs = null;
                string remote_machine_name = null, remote_domain_name = null, remote_user_name = null, remote_password_name = null;
                this.async_call_and_wait(() => {
                    needs_check = typeTab.SelectedIndex == 1;
                    event_logs = selectedEventLogs.Text.Split(new[] {"\r\n"}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                    remote_machine_name = remoteMachineName.Text;
                    remote_domain_name = remoteDomain.Text;
                    remote_user_name = remoteUserName.Text;
                    remote_password_name = remotePassword.Text;
                    if (!eventLogs.Enabled)
                        // user hasn't connected to remote machine yet
                        needs_check = false;
                });
                if (!needs_check)
                    continue;
                // check all names typed by user
                List<string> dont_exist = new List<string>();
                foreach ( string log in event_logs)
                    try {
                        // note: for non standard logs, such as "Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational", Exists() returns false
                        bool exists = remote_machine_name != "" ? false : EventLog.Exists(log);
                        if ( !exists)
                            exists = remote_event_log_exists(log, remote_machine_name, remote_domain_name, remote_user_name, remote_password_name);
                        if ( !exists)
                            dont_exist.Add(log);
                    } catch {
                        dont_exist.Add(log);
                    }

                this.async_call_and_wait(() => {
                    if (dont_exist.Count < 1) {
                        eventLogCheckStatus.Text = "OK";
                        eventLogCheckStatus.ForeColor = Color.ForestGreen;
                    } else {
                        eventLogCheckStatus.Text = "Logs [" + util.concatenate(dont_exist, ", ") + "] don't exist.";
                        eventLogCheckStatus.ForeColor = Color.Red;
                    }
                });
            }
        }