Win32::EventLog $Event{Message} not working.

I have an implementation of Win32::EventLog to read from Security Windows Eventlog. My Problem is, that there is no data in the $Event{Message} Entry.

My Implementation looks like:

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if( $EventLog = Win32::EventLog->new("$monitor", $ENV{ComputerName} ) ) {

$~ = EventLogFormat;

$Win32::EventLog::GetMessageText = 1;

my %Records;

local %Event;

while( ( $EventLog->Read( EVENTLOG_BACKWARDS_READ

| EVENTLOG_SEQUENTIAL_READ,

0,

\%Event ) ) && ( $Event{TimeGenerated} > $TIME_LIMIT ) )

{

# Display the event if it is one of our requested

# event types

push(@Message,$Event{Message});

push(@Type,$Event{EventType});

push(@Time,scalar localtime( $Event{TimeGenerated} ));

push(@Source,$Event{Source});

push(@Category,$Event{Category});

push(@Computer,$Event{Computer});

push(@EventID,$Event{EventID});

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but still, $Event{Message} is empty.

Can someone help or give hints where I should continue to investigate further!

br,

Peter