Registers the provider.

Syntax

ULONG PerfStartProvider(
  __in      LPGUID ProviderGuid,
  __in_opt  PERFLIBREQUEST ControlCallback,
  __out     HANDLE *phProvider
);

Parameters

ProviderGuid [in]

GUID that uniquely identifies the provider. The providerGuid attribute of the provider element specifies the GUID.

ControlCallback [in, optional]

ControlCallback function that PERFLIB calls to notify you of consumer requests, such as a request to add or remove counters from the query. This parameter is set if the callback attribute of the counters element is "custom"; otherwise, NULL.

phProvider [out]

Handle to the provider. You must call PerfStopProvider to release resources associated with the handle.

Return Value

If the function succeeds, it returns ERROR_SUCCESS.

If the function fails, the return value is a system error code.

Remarks

The CounterInitialize function calls this function; do not call this function directly.

Windows Vista:  The PerfAutoInitialize function calls this function.

Requirements

See Also

PerfStopProvider

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Build date: 11/12/2009