winevt_c 0.8.0 → 0.9.3

data/ext/winevt/winevt_utils.cpp

@@ -1,696 +1,727 @@
-#include <winevt_c.h>
-
-#include <sddl.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-VALUE
-wstr_to_rb_str(UINT cp, const WCHAR* wstr, int clen)
-{
-  VALUE vstr;
-  CHAR* ptr;
-  int len = WideCharToMultiByte(cp, 0, wstr, clen, nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
-  ptr = ALLOCV_N(CHAR, vstr, len);
-  WideCharToMultiByte(cp, 0, wstr, clen, ptr, len, nullptr, nullptr);
-  VALUE str = rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(ptr);
-  ALLOCV_END(vstr);
-
-  return str;
-}
-
-void
-raise_system_error(VALUE error, DWORD errorCode)
-{
-  WCHAR msgBuf[256] = { 0 };
-  VALUE errorMessage;
-
-  FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-                 NULL,
-                 errorCode,
-                 MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
-                 msgBuf,
-                 _countof(msgBuf),
-                 NULL);
-  errorMessage = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, msgBuf, -1);
-
-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wformat="
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wformat-extra-args"
-  rb_raise(error, "ErrorCode: %lu\nError: %" PRIsVALUE "\n", errorCode, errorMessage);
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-}
-
-VALUE
-render_to_rb_str(EVT_HANDLE handle, DWORD flags)
-{
-  VALUE vbuffer;
-  WCHAR* buffer;
-  ULONG bufferSize = 0;
-  ULONG bufferSizeUsed = 0;
-  ULONG count;
-  BOOL succeeded;
-  VALUE result;
-
-  if (flags != EvtRenderEventXml && flags != EvtRenderBookmark) {
-    return Qnil;
-  }
-
-  // Get the size of the buffer
-  EvtRender(nullptr, handle, flags, 0, NULL, &bufferSize, &count);
-
-  // bufferSize is in bytes, not characters
-  buffer = (WCHAR*)ALLOCV(vbuffer, bufferSize);
-
-  succeeded =
-    EvtRender(nullptr, handle, flags, bufferSize, buffer, &bufferSizeUsed, &count);
-  if (!succeeded) {
-    DWORD status = GetLastError();
-    ALLOCV_END(vbuffer);
-    raise_system_error(rb_eWinevtQueryError, status);
-  }
-
-  result = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, buffer, -1);
-  ALLOCV_END(vbuffer);
-
-  return result;
-}
-
-static std::wstring
-guid_to_wstr(const GUID& guid)
-{
-  LPOLESTR p = nullptr;
-  if (FAILED(StringFromCLSID(guid, &p))) {
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-  std::wstring s(p);
-  CoTaskMemFree(p);
-  return s;
-}
-
-static VALUE
-extract_user_evt_variants(PEVT_VARIANT pRenderedValues, DWORD propCount)
-{
-  VALUE userValues = rb_ary_new();
-  VALUE rbObj;
-
-  for (DWORD i = 0; i < propCount; i++) {
-    switch (pRenderedValues[i].Type) {
-      case EvtVarTypeNull:
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, Qnil);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeString:
-        if (pRenderedValues[i].StringVal == nullptr) {
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("(NULL)"));
-        } else {
-          std::wstring wStr(pRenderedValues[i].StringVal);
-          rbObj = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, &wStr[0], -1);
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        }
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeAnsiString:
-        if (pRenderedValues[i].AnsiStringVal == nullptr) {
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("(NULL)"));
-        } else {
-          rb_ary_push(
-            userValues,
-            rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(const_cast<char*>(pRenderedValues[i].AnsiStringVal)));
-        }
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeSByte:
-        rbObj = INT2NUM(static_cast<UINT32>(pRenderedValues[i].SByteVal));
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeByte:
-        rbObj = INT2NUM(static_cast<UINT32>(pRenderedValues[i].ByteVal));
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeInt16:
-        rbObj = INT2NUM(static_cast<INT32>(pRenderedValues[i].Int16Val));
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeUInt16:
-        rbObj = UINT2NUM(static_cast<UINT32>(pRenderedValues[i].UInt16Val));
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeInt32:
-        rbObj = INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].Int32Val);
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeUInt32:
-        rbObj = UINT2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].UInt32Val);
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeInt64:
-        rbObj = LONG2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].Int64Val);
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeUInt64:
-        rbObj = ULONG2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].UInt64Val);
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeSingle: {
-        CHAR sResult[256];
-        _snprintf_s(
-          sResult, _countof(sResult), _TRUNCATE, "%f", pRenderedValues[i].SingleVal);
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(sResult));
-        break;
-      }
-      case EvtVarTypeDouble: {
-        CHAR sResult[256];
-        _snprintf_s(
-          sResult, _countof(sResult), _TRUNCATE, "%lf", pRenderedValues[i].DoubleVal);
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(sResult));
-        break;
-      }
-      case EvtVarTypeBoolean:
-        rbObj = pRenderedValues[i].BooleanVal ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeGuid:
-        if (pRenderedValues[i].GuidVal != nullptr) {
-          const GUID guid = *pRenderedValues[i].GuidVal;
-          std::wstring wstr = guid_to_wstr(guid);
-          rbObj = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, wstr.c_str(), -1);
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        } else {
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
-        }
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeSizeT:
-        rbObj = SIZET2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].SizeTVal);
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeFileTime: {
-        LARGE_INTEGER timestamp;
-        CHAR strTime[128];
-        FILETIME ft;
-        SYSTEMTIME st;
-        timestamp.QuadPart = pRenderedValues[i].FileTimeVal;
-        ft.dwHighDateTime = timestamp.HighPart;
-        ft.dwLowDateTime = timestamp.LowPart;
-        if (FileTimeToSystemTime(&ft, &st)) {
-          _snprintf_s(strTime,
-                      _countof(strTime),
-                      _TRUNCATE,
-                      "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%dZ",
-                      st.wYear,
-                      st.wMonth,
-                      st.wDay,
-                      st.wHour,
-                      st.wMinute,
-                      st.wSecond,
-                      st.wMilliseconds);
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(strTime));
-        } else {
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case EvtVarTypeSysTime: {
-        CHAR strTime[128];
-        SYSTEMTIME st;
-        if (pRenderedValues[i].SysTimeVal != nullptr) {
-          st = *pRenderedValues[i].SysTimeVal;
-          _snprintf_s(strTime,
-                      _countof(strTime),
-                      _TRUNCATE,
-                      "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%dZ",
-                      st.wYear,
-                      st.wMonth,
-                      st.wDay,
-                      st.wHour,
-                      st.wMinute,
-                      st.wSecond,
-                      st.wMilliseconds);
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(strTime));
-        } else {
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case EvtVarTypeSid: {
-        WCHAR* tmpWChar = nullptr;
-        if (ConvertSidToStringSidW(pRenderedValues[i].SidVal, &tmpWChar)) {
-          rbObj = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, tmpWChar, -1);
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-          LocalFree(tmpWChar);
-        } else {
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case EvtVarTypeHexInt32:
-        rbObj = rb_sprintf("%#x", pRenderedValues[i].UInt32Val);
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeHexInt64:
-        rbObj = rb_sprintf("%#I64x", pRenderedValues[i].UInt64Val);
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        break;
-      case EvtVarTypeEvtXml:
-        if (pRenderedValues[i].XmlVal == nullptr) {
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("(NULL)"));
-        } else {
-          rbObj = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, pRenderedValues[i].XmlVal, -1);
-          rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
-        }
-        break;
-      default:
-        rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return userValues;
-}
-
-VALUE
-get_values(EVT_HANDLE handle)
-{
-  VALUE vbuffer;
-  PEVT_VARIANT pRenderedValues;
-  ULONG bufferSize = 0;
-  ULONG bufferSizeUsed = 0;
-  DWORD propCount = 0;
-  BOOL succeeded;
-  VALUE userValues = Qnil;
-
-  EVT_HANDLE renderContext = EvtCreateRenderContext(0, nullptr, EvtRenderContextUser);
-  if (renderContext == nullptr) {
-    rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "Failed to create renderContext");
-  }
-
-  // Get the size of the buffer
-  EvtRender(
-    renderContext, handle, EvtRenderEventValues, 0, NULL, &bufferSize, &propCount);
-
-  // bufferSize is in bytes, not array size
-  pRenderedValues = (PEVT_VARIANT)ALLOCV(vbuffer, bufferSize);
-
-  succeeded = EvtRender(renderContext,
-                        handle,
-                        EvtRenderEventValues,
-                        bufferSize,
-                        pRenderedValues,
-                        &bufferSizeUsed,
-                        &propCount);
-  if (!succeeded) {
-    DWORD status = GetLastError();
-    ALLOCV_END(vbuffer);
-    EvtClose(renderContext);
-    raise_system_error(rb_eWinevtQueryError, status);
-  }
-
-  userValues = extract_user_evt_variants(pRenderedValues, propCount);
-
-  ALLOCV_END(vbuffer);
-  EvtClose(renderContext);
-
-  return userValues;
-}
-
-static std::vector<WCHAR>
-get_message(EVT_HANDLE hMetadata, EVT_HANDLE handle)
-{
-#define BUFSIZE 4096
-  std::vector<WCHAR> result;
-  ULONG status;
-  ULONG bufferSizeNeeded = 0;
-  LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
-  std::vector<WCHAR> message(BUFSIZE);
-
-  if (!EvtFormatMessage(hMetadata,
-                        handle,
-                        0xffffffff,
-                        0,
-                        nullptr,
-                        EvtFormatMessageEvent,
-                        message.size(),
-                        &message[0],
-                        &bufferSizeNeeded)) {
-    status = GetLastError();
-
-    if (status != ERROR_EVT_UNRESOLVED_VALUE_INSERT) {
-      switch (status) {
-        case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_NOT_FOUND:
-        case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_ID_NOT_FOUND:
-        case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_LOCALE_NOT_FOUND:
-        case ERROR_RESOURCE_LANG_NOT_FOUND:
-        case ERROR_MUI_FILE_NOT_FOUND:
-        case ERROR_EVT_UNRESOLVED_PARAMETER_INSERT: {
-          if (FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
-                               FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-                             nullptr,
-                             status,
-                             MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
-                             reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(&lpMsgBuf),
-                             0,
-                             nullptr) == 0)
-            FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
-                             FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-                           nullptr,
-                           status,
-                           MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US),
-                           reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(&lpMsgBuf),
-                           0,
-                           nullptr);
-
-          std::wstring ret(reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(lpMsgBuf));
-          std::copy(ret.begin(), ret.end(), std::back_inserter(result));
-          LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
-
-          goto cleanup;
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (status != ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER)
-        rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "ErrorCode: %lu", status);
-    }
-
-    if (status == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
-      message.resize(bufferSizeNeeded);
-      message.shrink_to_fit();
-
-      if (!EvtFormatMessage(hMetadata,
-                            handle,
-                            0xffffffff,
-                            0,
-                            nullptr,
-                            EvtFormatMessageEvent,
-                            message.size(),
-                            &message.front(),
-                            &bufferSizeNeeded)) {
-        status = GetLastError();
-
-        if (status != ERROR_EVT_UNRESOLVED_VALUE_INSERT) {
-          switch (status) {
-            case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_NOT_FOUND:
-            case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_ID_NOT_FOUND:
-            case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_LOCALE_NOT_FOUND:
-            case ERROR_RESOURCE_LANG_NOT_FOUND:
-            case ERROR_MUI_FILE_NOT_FOUND:
-            case ERROR_EVT_UNRESOLVED_PARAMETER_INSERT:
-              if (FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
-                                   FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
-                                   FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-                                 nullptr,
-                                 status,
-                                 MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
-                                 reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(&lpMsgBuf),
-                                 0,
-                                 nullptr) == 0)
-                FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
-                                 FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
-                                 FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-                               nullptr,
-                               status,
-                               MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US),
-                               reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(&lpMsgBuf),
-                               0,
-                               nullptr);
-
-              std::wstring ret(reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(lpMsgBuf));
-              std::copy(ret.begin(), ret.end(), std::back_inserter(result));
-              LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
-
-              goto cleanup;
-          }
-
-          rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "ErrorCode: %lu", status);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  result = message;
-
-cleanup:
-
-  return result;
-
-#undef BUFSIZE
-}
-
-WCHAR*
-get_description(EVT_HANDLE handle, LANGID langID)
-{
-#define BUFSIZE 4096
-  std::vector<WCHAR> buffer(BUFSIZE);
-  ULONG bufferSizeNeeded = 0;
-  ULONG status, count;
-  std::vector<WCHAR> result;
-  EVT_HANDLE hMetadata = nullptr;
-
-  static PCWSTR eventProperties[] = { L"Event/System/Provider/@Name" };
-  EVT_HANDLE renderContext =
-    EvtCreateRenderContext(1, eventProperties, EvtRenderContextValues);
-  if (renderContext == nullptr) {
-    rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "Failed to create renderContext");
-  }
-
-  if (EvtRender(renderContext,
-                handle,
-                EvtRenderEventValues,
-                buffer.size(),
-                &buffer.front(),
-                &bufferSizeNeeded,
-                &count) != FALSE) {
-    status = ERROR_SUCCESS;
-  } else {
-    status = GetLastError();
-  }
-
-  if (status != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-    raise_system_error(rb_eWinevtQueryError, status);
-  }
-
-  // Obtain buffer as EVT_VARIANT pointer. To avoid ErrorCide 87 in EvtRender.
-  const PEVT_VARIANT values = reinterpret_cast<PEVT_VARIANT>(&buffer.front());
-
-  // Open publisher metadata
-  hMetadata = EvtOpenPublisherMetadata(
-    nullptr,
-    values[0].StringVal,
-    nullptr,
-    MAKELCID(langID, SORT_DEFAULT),
-    0);
-  if (hMetadata == nullptr) {
-    // When winevt_c cannot open metadata, then give up to obtain
-    // message file and clean up immediately.
-    goto cleanup;
-  }
-
-  result = get_message(hMetadata, handle);
-
-#undef BUFSIZE
-
-cleanup:
-
-  if (renderContext)
-    EvtClose(renderContext);
-
-  if (hMetadata)
-    EvtClose(hMetadata);
-
-  return _wcsdup(result.data());
-}
-
-VALUE
-render_system_event(EVT_HANDLE hEvent, BOOL preserve_qualifiers)
-{
-  DWORD status = ERROR_SUCCESS;
-  EVT_HANDLE hContext = NULL;
-  DWORD dwBufferSize = 0;
-  DWORD dwBufferUsed = 0;
-  DWORD dwPropertyCount = 0;
-  VALUE vRenderedValues;
-  PEVT_VARIANT pRenderedValues = NULL;
-  WCHAR wsGuid[50];
-  LPSTR pwsSid = NULL;
-  ULONGLONG ullTimeStamp = 0;
-  ULONGLONG ullNanoseconds = 0;
-  SYSTEMTIME st;
-  FILETIME ft;
-  CHAR buffer[32];
-  VALUE rbstr;
-  DWORD EventID;
-  VALUE hash = rb_hash_new();
-
-  hContext = EvtCreateRenderContext(0, NULL, EvtRenderContextSystem);
-  if (NULL == hContext) {
-    rb_raise(
-      rb_eWinevtQueryError, "Failed to create renderContext with %lu\n", GetLastError());
-  }
-
-  if (!EvtRender(hContext,
-                 hEvent,
-                 EvtRenderEventValues,
-                 dwBufferSize,
-                 pRenderedValues,
-                 &dwBufferUsed,
-                 &dwPropertyCount)) {
-    status = GetLastError();
-    if (ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER == status) {
-      dwBufferSize = dwBufferUsed;
-      pRenderedValues = (PEVT_VARIANT)ALLOCV(vRenderedValues, dwBufferSize);
-      if (pRenderedValues) {
-        EvtRender(hContext,
-                  hEvent,
-                  EvtRenderEventValues,
-                  dwBufferSize,
-                  pRenderedValues,
-                  &dwBufferUsed,
-                  &dwPropertyCount);
-      } else {
-        EvtClose(hContext);
-        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Failed to malloc memory with %lu\n", status);
-      }
-    }
-
-    status = GetLastError();
-    if (ERROR_SUCCESS != status) {
-      EvtClose(hContext);
-      ALLOCV_END(vRenderedValues);
-
-      rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "EvtRender failed with %lu\n", status);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // EVT_VARIANT value with EvtRenderContextSystem will be decomposed
-  // as the following enum definition:
-  // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winevt/ne-winevt-evt_system_property_id
-  rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, pRenderedValues[EvtSystemProviderName].StringVal, -1);
-  rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("ProviderName"), rbstr);
-  if (NULL != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemProviderGuid].GuidVal) {
-    const GUID* Guid = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemProviderGuid].GuidVal;
-    StringFromGUID2(*Guid, wsGuid, _countof(wsGuid));
-    rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, wsGuid, -1);
-    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("ProviderGuid"), rbstr);
-  } else {
-    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("ProviderGuid"), Qnil);
-  }
-
-  EventID = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemEventID].UInt16Val;
-  if (preserve_qualifiers) {
-    if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemQualifiers].Type) {
-      rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("Qualifiers"),
-                   INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemQualifiers].UInt16Val));
-    } else {
-      rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("Qualifiers"), rb_str_new2(""));
-    }
-
-    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("EventID"), INT2NUM(EventID));
-  } else {
-    if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemQualifiers].Type) {
-      EventID = MAKELONG(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemEventID].UInt16Val,
-                         pRenderedValues[EvtSystemQualifiers].UInt16Val);
-    }
-
-    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("EventID"), ULONG2NUM(EventID));
-  }
-
-  rb_hash_aset(hash,
-               rb_str_new2("Version"),
-               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemVersion].Type)
-                 ? INT2NUM(0)
-                 : INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemVersion].ByteVal));
-  rb_hash_aset(hash,
-               rb_str_new2("Level"),
-               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemLevel].Type)
-                 ? INT2NUM(0)
-                 : INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemLevel].ByteVal));
-  rb_hash_aset(hash,
-               rb_str_new2("Task"),
-               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemTask].Type)
-                 ? INT2NUM(0)
-                 : INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemTask].UInt16Val));
-  rb_hash_aset(hash,
-               rb_str_new2("Opcode"),
-               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemOpcode].Type)
-                 ? INT2NUM(0)
-                 : INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemOpcode].ByteVal));
-  _snprintf_s(buffer,
-              _countof(buffer),
-              _TRUNCATE,
-              "0x%llx",
-              pRenderedValues[EvtSystemKeywords].UInt64Val);
-  rb_hash_aset(hash,
-               rb_str_new2("Keywords"),
-               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemKeywords].Type)
-                 ? Qnil
-                 : rb_str_new2(buffer));
-
-  ullTimeStamp = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemTimeCreated].FileTimeVal;
-  ft.dwHighDateTime = (DWORD)((ullTimeStamp >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
-  ft.dwLowDateTime = (DWORD)(ullTimeStamp & 0xFFFFFFFF);
-
-  FileTimeToSystemTime(&ft, &st);
-  ullNanoseconds =
-    (ullTimeStamp % 10000000) *
-    100; // Display nanoseconds instead of milliseconds for higher resolution
-  _snprintf_s(buffer,
-              _countof(buffer),
-              _TRUNCATE,
-              "%02d/%02d/%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%llu",
-              st.wYear,
-              st.wMonth,
-              st.wDay,
-              st.wHour,
-              st.wMinute,
-              st.wSecond,
-              ullNanoseconds);
-  rb_hash_aset(hash,
-               rb_str_new2("TimeCreated"),
-               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemKeywords].Type)
-                 ? Qnil
-                 : rb_str_new2(buffer));
-  _snprintf_s(buffer,
-              _countof(buffer),
-              _TRUNCATE,
-              "%llu",
-              pRenderedValues[EvtSystemEventRecordId].UInt64Val);
-  rb_hash_aset(hash,
-               rb_str_new2("EventRecordID"),
-               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemEventRecordId].UInt64Val)
-                 ? Qnil
-                 : rb_str_new2(buffer));
-
-  if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemActivityID].Type) {
-    const GUID* Guid = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemActivityID].GuidVal;
-    StringFromGUID2(*Guid, wsGuid, _countof(wsGuid));
-    rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, wsGuid, -1);
-    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("ActivityID"), rbstr);
-  }
-
-  if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemRelatedActivityID].Type) {
-    const GUID* Guid = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemRelatedActivityID].GuidVal;
-    StringFromGUID2(*Guid, wsGuid, _countof(wsGuid));
-    rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, wsGuid, -1);
-    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("RelatedActivityID"), rbstr);
-  }
-
-  rb_hash_aset(hash,
-               rb_str_new2("ProcessID"),
-               UINT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemProcessID].UInt32Val));
-  rb_hash_aset(hash,
-               rb_str_new2("ThreadID"),
-               UINT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemThreadID].UInt32Val));
-  rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, pRenderedValues[EvtSystemChannel].StringVal, -1);
-  rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("Channel"), rbstr);
-  rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, pRenderedValues[EvtSystemComputer].StringVal, -1);
-  rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("Computer"), rbstr);
-
-  if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemUserID].Type) {
-    if (ConvertSidToStringSid(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemUserID].SidVal, &pwsSid)) {
-      rbstr = rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(pwsSid);
-      rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("UserID"), rbstr);
-      LocalFree(pwsSid);
-    }
-  }
-
-  EvtClose(hContext);
-  ALLOCV_END(vRenderedValues);
-
-  return hash;
-}
+#include <winevt_c.h>
+
+#include <sddl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+VALUE
+wstr_to_rb_str(UINT cp, const WCHAR* wstr, int clen)
+{
+  VALUE vstr;
+  CHAR* ptr;
+  int len = WideCharToMultiByte(cp, 0, wstr, clen, nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
+  ptr = ALLOCV_N(CHAR, vstr, len);
+  WideCharToMultiByte(cp, 0, wstr, clen, ptr, len, nullptr, nullptr);
+  VALUE str = rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(ptr);
+  ALLOCV_END(vstr);
+
+  return str;
+}
+
+void
+raise_system_error(VALUE error, DWORD errorCode)
+{
+  WCHAR msgBuf[256] = { 0 };
+  VALUE errorMessage;
+
+  FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+                 NULL,
+                 errorCode,
+                 MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+                 msgBuf,
+                 _countof(msgBuf),
+                 NULL);
+  errorMessage = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, msgBuf, -1);
+
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wformat="
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wformat-extra-args"
+  rb_raise(error, "ErrorCode: %lu\nError: %" PRIsVALUE "\n", errorCode, errorMessage);
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+}
+
+VALUE
+render_to_rb_str(EVT_HANDLE handle, DWORD flags)
+{
+  VALUE vbuffer;
+  WCHAR* buffer;
+  ULONG bufferSize = 0;
+  ULONG bufferSizeUsed = 0;
+  ULONG count;
+  BOOL succeeded;
+  VALUE result;
+
+  if (flags != EvtRenderEventXml && flags != EvtRenderBookmark) {
+    return Qnil;
+  }
+
+  // Get the size of the buffer
+  EvtRender(nullptr, handle, flags, 0, NULL, &bufferSize, &count);
+
+  // bufferSize is in bytes, not characters
+  buffer = (WCHAR*)ALLOCV(vbuffer, bufferSize);
+
+  succeeded =
+    EvtRender(nullptr, handle, flags, bufferSize, buffer, &bufferSizeUsed, &count);
+  if (!succeeded) {
+    DWORD status = GetLastError();
+    ALLOCV_END(vbuffer);
+    raise_system_error(rb_eWinevtQueryError, status);
+  }
+
+  result = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, buffer, -1);
+  ALLOCV_END(vbuffer);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+EVT_HANDLE
+connect_to_remote(LPWSTR computerName, LPWSTR domain, LPWSTR username, LPWSTR password,
+                  EVT_RPC_LOGIN_FLAGS flags, DWORD *error_code)
+{
+  EVT_HANDLE hRemote = NULL;
+  EVT_RPC_LOGIN Credentials;
+
+  RtlZeroMemory(&Credentials, sizeof(EVT_RPC_LOGIN));
+
+  Credentials.Server = computerName;
+  Credentials.Domain = domain;
+  Credentials.User = username;
+  Credentials.Password = password;
+  Credentials.Flags = flags;
+
+  hRemote = EvtOpenSession(EvtRpcLogin, &Credentials, 0, 0);
+  if (!hRemote) {
+    *error_code = GetLastError();
+    return hRemote;
+  }
+
+  SecureZeroMemory(&Credentials, sizeof(EVT_RPC_LOGIN));
+
+  return hRemote;
+}
+
+static std::wstring
+guid_to_wstr(const GUID& guid)
+{
+  LPOLESTR p = nullptr;
+  if (FAILED(StringFromCLSID(guid, &p))) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  std::wstring s(p);
+  CoTaskMemFree(p);
+  return s;
+}
+
+static VALUE
+extract_user_evt_variants(PEVT_VARIANT pRenderedValues, DWORD propCount)
+{
+  VALUE userValues = rb_ary_new();
+  VALUE rbObj;
+
+  for (DWORD i = 0; i < propCount; i++) {
+    switch (pRenderedValues[i].Type) {
+      case EvtVarTypeNull:
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, Qnil);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeString:
+        if (pRenderedValues[i].StringVal == nullptr) {
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("(NULL)"));
+        } else {
+          std::wstring wStr(pRenderedValues[i].StringVal);
+          rbObj = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, &wStr[0], -1);
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        }
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeAnsiString:
+        if (pRenderedValues[i].AnsiStringVal == nullptr) {
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("(NULL)"));
+        } else {
+          rb_ary_push(
+            userValues,
+            rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(const_cast<char*>(pRenderedValues[i].AnsiStringVal)));
+        }
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeSByte:
+        rbObj = INT2NUM(static_cast<UINT32>(pRenderedValues[i].SByteVal));
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeByte:
+        rbObj = INT2NUM(static_cast<UINT32>(pRenderedValues[i].ByteVal));
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeInt16:
+        rbObj = INT2NUM(static_cast<INT32>(pRenderedValues[i].Int16Val));
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeUInt16:
+        rbObj = UINT2NUM(static_cast<UINT32>(pRenderedValues[i].UInt16Val));
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeInt32:
+        rbObj = INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].Int32Val);
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeUInt32:
+        rbObj = UINT2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].UInt32Val);
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeInt64:
+        rbObj = LONG2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].Int64Val);
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeUInt64:
+        rbObj = ULONG2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].UInt64Val);
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeSingle: {
+        CHAR sResult[256];
+        _snprintf_s(
+          sResult, _countof(sResult), _TRUNCATE, "%f", pRenderedValues[i].SingleVal);
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(sResult));
+        break;
+      }
+      case EvtVarTypeDouble: {
+        CHAR sResult[256];
+        _snprintf_s(
+          sResult, _countof(sResult), _TRUNCATE, "%lf", pRenderedValues[i].DoubleVal);
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(sResult));
+        break;
+      }
+      case EvtVarTypeBoolean:
+        rbObj = pRenderedValues[i].BooleanVal ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeGuid:
+        if (pRenderedValues[i].GuidVal != nullptr) {
+          const GUID guid = *pRenderedValues[i].GuidVal;
+          std::wstring wstr = guid_to_wstr(guid);
+          rbObj = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, wstr.c_str(), -1);
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        } else {
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
+        }
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeSizeT:
+        rbObj = SIZET2NUM(pRenderedValues[i].SizeTVal);
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeFileTime: {
+        LARGE_INTEGER timestamp;
+        CHAR strTime[128];
+        FILETIME ft;
+        SYSTEMTIME st;
+        timestamp.QuadPart = pRenderedValues[i].FileTimeVal;
+        ft.dwHighDateTime = timestamp.HighPart;
+        ft.dwLowDateTime = timestamp.LowPart;
+        if (FileTimeToSystemTime(&ft, &st)) {
+          _snprintf_s(strTime,
+                      _countof(strTime),
+                      _TRUNCATE,
+                      "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%dZ",
+                      st.wYear,
+                      st.wMonth,
+                      st.wDay,
+                      st.wHour,
+                      st.wMinute,
+                      st.wSecond,
+                      st.wMilliseconds);
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(strTime));
+        } else {
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case EvtVarTypeSysTime: {
+        CHAR strTime[128];
+        SYSTEMTIME st;
+        if (pRenderedValues[i].SysTimeVal != nullptr) {
+          st = *pRenderedValues[i].SysTimeVal;
+          _snprintf_s(strTime,
+                      _countof(strTime),
+                      _TRUNCATE,
+                      "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%dZ",
+                      st.wYear,
+                      st.wMonth,
+                      st.wDay,
+                      st.wHour,
+                      st.wMinute,
+                      st.wSecond,
+                      st.wMilliseconds);
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(strTime));
+        } else {
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case EvtVarTypeSid: {
+        WCHAR* tmpWChar = nullptr;
+        if (ConvertSidToStringSidW(pRenderedValues[i].SidVal, &tmpWChar)) {
+          rbObj = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, tmpWChar, -1);
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+          LocalFree(tmpWChar);
+        } else {
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case EvtVarTypeHexInt32:
+        rbObj = rb_sprintf("%#x", pRenderedValues[i].UInt32Val);
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeHexInt64:
+        uint32_t  high;
+        uint32_t  low;
+
+        high = pRenderedValues[i].UInt64Val >> 32;
+        low = pRenderedValues[i].UInt64Val & 0x00000000FFFFFFFF;
+        rbObj = rb_sprintf("0x%08x%08x", high, low);
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        break;
+      case EvtVarTypeEvtXml:
+        if (pRenderedValues[i].XmlVal == nullptr) {
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("(NULL)"));
+        } else {
+          rbObj = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, pRenderedValues[i].XmlVal, -1);
+          rb_ary_push(userValues, rbObj);
+        }
+        break;
+      default:
+        rb_ary_push(userValues, rb_utf8_str_new_cstr("?"));
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return userValues;
+}
+
+VALUE
+get_values(EVT_HANDLE handle)
+{
+  VALUE vbuffer;
+  PEVT_VARIANT pRenderedValues;
+  ULONG bufferSize = 0;
+  ULONG bufferSizeUsed = 0;
+  DWORD propCount = 0;
+  BOOL succeeded;
+  VALUE userValues = Qnil;
+
+  EVT_HANDLE renderContext = EvtCreateRenderContext(0, nullptr, EvtRenderContextUser);
+  if (renderContext == nullptr) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "Failed to create renderContext");
+  }
+
+  // Get the size of the buffer
+  EvtRender(
+    renderContext, handle, EvtRenderEventValues, 0, NULL, &bufferSize, &propCount);
+
+  // bufferSize is in bytes, not array size
+  pRenderedValues = (PEVT_VARIANT)ALLOCV(vbuffer, bufferSize);
+
+  succeeded = EvtRender(renderContext,
+                        handle,
+                        EvtRenderEventValues,
+                        bufferSize,
+                        pRenderedValues,
+                        &bufferSizeUsed,
+                        &propCount);
+  if (!succeeded) {
+    DWORD status = GetLastError();
+    ALLOCV_END(vbuffer);
+    EvtClose(renderContext);
+    raise_system_error(rb_eWinevtQueryError, status);
+  }
+
+  userValues = extract_user_evt_variants(pRenderedValues, propCount);
+
+  ALLOCV_END(vbuffer);
+  EvtClose(renderContext);
+
+  return userValues;
+}
+
+static std::vector<WCHAR>
+get_message(EVT_HANDLE hMetadata, EVT_HANDLE handle)
+{
+#define BUFSIZE 4096
+  std::vector<WCHAR> result;
+  ULONG status;
+  ULONG bufferSizeNeeded = 0;
+  LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
+  std::vector<WCHAR> message(BUFSIZE);
+
+  if (!EvtFormatMessage(hMetadata,
+                        handle,
+                        0xffffffff,
+                        0,
+                        nullptr,
+                        EvtFormatMessageEvent,
+                        message.size(),
+                        &message[0],
+                        &bufferSizeNeeded)) {
+    status = GetLastError();
+
+    if (status != ERROR_EVT_UNRESOLVED_VALUE_INSERT) {
+      switch (status) {
+        case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_NOT_FOUND:
+        case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_ID_NOT_FOUND:
+        case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_LOCALE_NOT_FOUND:
+        case ERROR_RESOURCE_LANG_NOT_FOUND:
+        case ERROR_MUI_FILE_NOT_FOUND:
+        case ERROR_EVT_UNRESOLVED_PARAMETER_INSERT: {
+          if (FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+                               FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+                             nullptr,
+                             status,
+                             MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+                             reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(&lpMsgBuf),
+                             0,
+                             nullptr) == 0)
+            FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+                             FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+                           nullptr,
+                           status,
+                           MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US),
+                           reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(&lpMsgBuf),
+                           0,
+                           nullptr);
+
+          std::wstring ret(reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(lpMsgBuf));
+          std::copy(ret.begin(), ret.end(), std::back_inserter(result));
+          LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
+
+          goto cleanup;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (status != ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER)
+        rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "ErrorCode: %lu", status);
+    }
+
+    if (status == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
+      message.resize(bufferSizeNeeded);
+      message.shrink_to_fit();
+
+      if (!EvtFormatMessage(hMetadata,
+                            handle,
+                            0xffffffff,
+                            0,
+                            nullptr,
+                            EvtFormatMessageEvent,
+                            message.size(),
+                            &message.front(),
+                            &bufferSizeNeeded)) {
+        status = GetLastError();
+
+        if (status != ERROR_EVT_UNRESOLVED_VALUE_INSERT) {
+          switch (status) {
+            case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_NOT_FOUND:
+            case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_ID_NOT_FOUND:
+            case ERROR_EVT_MESSAGE_LOCALE_NOT_FOUND:
+            case ERROR_RESOURCE_LANG_NOT_FOUND:
+            case ERROR_MUI_FILE_NOT_FOUND:
+            case ERROR_EVT_UNRESOLVED_PARAMETER_INSERT:
+              if (FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
+                                   FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+                                   FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+                                 nullptr,
+                                 status,
+                                 MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+                                 reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(&lpMsgBuf),
+                                 0,
+                                 nullptr) == 0)
+                FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
+                                 FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+                                 FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+                               nullptr,
+                               status,
+                               MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US),
+                               reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(&lpMsgBuf),
+                               0,
+                               nullptr);
+
+              std::wstring ret(reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(lpMsgBuf));
+              std::copy(ret.begin(), ret.end(), std::back_inserter(result));
+              LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
+
+              goto cleanup;
+          }
+
+          rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "ErrorCode: %lu", status);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  result = message;
+
+cleanup:
+
+  return result;
+
+#undef BUFSIZE
+}
+
+WCHAR*
+get_description(EVT_HANDLE handle, LANGID langID, EVT_HANDLE hRemote)
+{
+#define BUFSIZE 4096
+  std::vector<WCHAR> buffer(BUFSIZE);
+  ULONG bufferSizeNeeded = 0;
+  ULONG status, count;
+  std::vector<WCHAR> result;
+  EVT_HANDLE hMetadata = nullptr;
+
+  static PCWSTR eventProperties[] = { L"Event/System/Provider/@Name" };
+  EVT_HANDLE renderContext =
+    EvtCreateRenderContext(1, eventProperties, EvtRenderContextValues);
+  if (renderContext == nullptr) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "Failed to create renderContext");
+  }
+
+  if (EvtRender(renderContext,
+                handle,
+                EvtRenderEventValues,
+                buffer.size(),
+                &buffer.front(),
+                &bufferSizeNeeded,
+                &count) != FALSE) {
+    status = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+  } else {
+    status = GetLastError();
+  }
+
+  if (status != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+    raise_system_error(rb_eWinevtQueryError, status);
+  }
+
+  // Obtain buffer as EVT_VARIANT pointer. To avoid ErrorCide 87 in EvtRender.
+  const PEVT_VARIANT values = reinterpret_cast<PEVT_VARIANT>(&buffer.front());
+
+  // Open publisher metadata
+  hMetadata = EvtOpenPublisherMetadata(
+    hRemote,
+    values[0].StringVal,
+    nullptr,
+    MAKELCID(langID, SORT_DEFAULT),
+    0);
+  if (hMetadata == nullptr) {
+    // When winevt_c cannot open metadata, then give up to obtain
+    // message file and clean up immediately.
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+
+  result = get_message(hMetadata, handle);
+
+#undef BUFSIZE
+
+cleanup:
+
+  if (renderContext)
+    EvtClose(renderContext);
+
+  if (hMetadata)
+    EvtClose(hMetadata);
+
+  return _wcsdup(result.data());
+}
+
+VALUE
+render_system_event(EVT_HANDLE hEvent, BOOL preserve_qualifiers)
+{
+  DWORD status = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+  EVT_HANDLE hContext = NULL;
+  DWORD dwBufferSize = 0;
+  DWORD dwBufferUsed = 0;
+  DWORD dwPropertyCount = 0;
+  VALUE vRenderedValues;
+  PEVT_VARIANT pRenderedValues = NULL;
+  WCHAR wsGuid[50];
+  LPSTR pwsSid = NULL;
+  ULONGLONG ullTimeStamp = 0;
+  ULONGLONG ullNanoseconds = 0;
+  SYSTEMTIME st;
+  FILETIME ft;
+  CHAR buffer[32];
+  VALUE rbstr;
+  DWORD EventID;
+  VALUE hash = rb_hash_new();
+
+  hContext = EvtCreateRenderContext(0, NULL, EvtRenderContextSystem);
+  if (NULL == hContext) {
+    rb_raise(
+      rb_eWinevtQueryError, "Failed to create renderContext with %lu\n", GetLastError());
+  }
+
+  if (!EvtRender(hContext,
+                 hEvent,
+                 EvtRenderEventValues,
+                 dwBufferSize,
+                 pRenderedValues,
+                 &dwBufferUsed,
+                 &dwPropertyCount)) {
+    status = GetLastError();
+    if (ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER == status) {
+      dwBufferSize = dwBufferUsed;
+      pRenderedValues = (PEVT_VARIANT)ALLOCV(vRenderedValues, dwBufferSize);
+      if (pRenderedValues) {
+        EvtRender(hContext,
+                  hEvent,
+                  EvtRenderEventValues,
+                  dwBufferSize,
+                  pRenderedValues,
+                  &dwBufferUsed,
+                  &dwPropertyCount);
+        status = GetLastError();
+      } else {
+        EvtClose(hContext);
+        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Failed to malloc memory with %lu\n", status);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (ERROR_SUCCESS != status) {
+      EvtClose(hContext);
+      ALLOCV_END(vRenderedValues);
+
+      rb_raise(rb_eWinevtQueryError, "EvtRender failed with %lu\n", status);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // EVT_VARIANT value with EvtRenderContextSystem will be decomposed
+  // as the following enum definition:
+  // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winevt/ne-winevt-evt_system_property_id
+  rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, pRenderedValues[EvtSystemProviderName].StringVal, -1);
+  rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("ProviderName"), rbstr);
+  if (NULL != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemProviderGuid].GuidVal) {
+    const GUID* Guid = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemProviderGuid].GuidVal;
+    StringFromGUID2(*Guid, wsGuid, _countof(wsGuid));
+    rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, wsGuid, -1);
+    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("ProviderGuid"), rbstr);
+  } else {
+    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("ProviderGuid"), Qnil);
+  }
+
+  EventID = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemEventID].UInt16Val;
+  if (preserve_qualifiers) {
+    if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemQualifiers].Type) {
+      rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("Qualifiers"),
+                   INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemQualifiers].UInt16Val));
+    } else {
+      rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("Qualifiers"), rb_str_new2(""));
+    }
+
+    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("EventID"), INT2NUM(EventID));
+  } else {
+    if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemQualifiers].Type) {
+      EventID = MAKELONG(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemEventID].UInt16Val,
+                         pRenderedValues[EvtSystemQualifiers].UInt16Val);
+    }
+
+    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("EventID"), ULONG2NUM(EventID));
+  }
+
+  rb_hash_aset(hash,
+               rb_str_new2("Version"),
+               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemVersion].Type)
+                 ? INT2NUM(0)
+                 : INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemVersion].ByteVal));
+  rb_hash_aset(hash,
+               rb_str_new2("Level"),
+               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemLevel].Type)
+                 ? INT2NUM(0)
+                 : INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemLevel].ByteVal));
+  rb_hash_aset(hash,
+               rb_str_new2("Task"),
+               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemTask].Type)
+                 ? INT2NUM(0)
+                 : INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemTask].UInt16Val));
+  rb_hash_aset(hash,
+               rb_str_new2("Opcode"),
+               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemOpcode].Type)
+                 ? INT2NUM(0)
+                 : INT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemOpcode].ByteVal));
+  _snprintf_s(buffer,
+              _countof(buffer),
+              _TRUNCATE,
+              "0x%llx",
+              pRenderedValues[EvtSystemKeywords].UInt64Val);
+  rb_hash_aset(hash,
+               rb_str_new2("Keywords"),
+               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemKeywords].Type)
+                 ? Qnil
+                 : rb_str_new2(buffer));
+
+  ullTimeStamp = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemTimeCreated].FileTimeVal;
+  ft.dwHighDateTime = (DWORD)((ullTimeStamp >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+  ft.dwLowDateTime = (DWORD)(ullTimeStamp & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+
+  FileTimeToSystemTime(&ft, &st);
+  ullNanoseconds =
+    (ullTimeStamp % 10000000) *
+    100; // Display nanoseconds instead of milliseconds for higher resolution
+  _snprintf_s(buffer,
+              _countof(buffer),
+              _TRUNCATE,
+              "%02d/%02d/%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%llu",
+              st.wYear,
+              st.wMonth,
+              st.wDay,
+              st.wHour,
+              st.wMinute,
+              st.wSecond,
+              ullNanoseconds);
+  rb_hash_aset(hash,
+               rb_str_new2("TimeCreated"),
+               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemKeywords].Type)
+                 ? Qnil
+                 : rb_str_new2(buffer));
+  _snprintf_s(buffer,
+              _countof(buffer),
+              _TRUNCATE,
+              "%llu",
+              pRenderedValues[EvtSystemEventRecordId].UInt64Val);
+  rb_hash_aset(hash,
+               rb_str_new2("EventRecordID"),
+               (EvtVarTypeNull == pRenderedValues[EvtSystemEventRecordId].UInt64Val)
+                 ? Qnil
+                 : rb_str_new2(buffer));
+
+  if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemActivityID].Type) {
+    const GUID* Guid = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemActivityID].GuidVal;
+    StringFromGUID2(*Guid, wsGuid, _countof(wsGuid));
+    rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, wsGuid, -1);
+    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("ActivityID"), rbstr);
+  }
+
+  if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemRelatedActivityID].Type) {
+    const GUID* Guid = pRenderedValues[EvtSystemRelatedActivityID].GuidVal;
+    StringFromGUID2(*Guid, wsGuid, _countof(wsGuid));
+    rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, wsGuid, -1);
+    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("RelatedActivityID"), rbstr);
+  }
+
+  rb_hash_aset(hash,
+               rb_str_new2("ProcessID"),
+               UINT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemProcessID].UInt32Val));
+  rb_hash_aset(hash,
+               rb_str_new2("ThreadID"),
+               UINT2NUM(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemThreadID].UInt32Val));
+  rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, pRenderedValues[EvtSystemChannel].StringVal, -1);
+  rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("Channel"), rbstr);
+  rbstr = wstr_to_rb_str(CP_UTF8, pRenderedValues[EvtSystemComputer].StringVal, -1);
+  rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("Computer"), rbstr);
+
+  if (EvtVarTypeNull != pRenderedValues[EvtSystemUserID].Type) {
+    if (ConvertSidToStringSid(pRenderedValues[EvtSystemUserID].SidVal, &pwsSid)) {
+      rbstr = rb_utf8_str_new_cstr(pwsSid);
+      rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("UserID"), rbstr);
+      LocalFree(pwsSid);
+    }
+  }
+
+  EvtClose(hContext);
+  ALLOCV_END(vRenderedValues);
+
+  return hash;
+}