Take a look on ReadEventLog function in API section.
You can also use one of many ActiveX controls (like Event Logger from ComponentSource).

>I'm attempting to find out for a colleague how to access the Win2000 event log through API calls.
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>I've already located MSKB article #Q318763, which talks about eventlog.pl, the management script tool. I'm wondering if there's other (read: more embeddable in application code) solutions that are available.
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>Any of you API gurus out there have any other ideas? (g)