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PerformanceCounter.CounterName Property

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Gets or sets the name of the performance counter that is associated with this PerformanceCounter instance.

Namespace: System.Diagnostics
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

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[TypeConverterAttribute("System.Diagnostics.Design.CounterNameConverter, System.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
[SettingsBindableAttribute(true)]
public string CounterName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The name of the counter, which generally describes the quantity being counted. This name is displayed in the list of counters of the Performance Counter Manager MMC snap in's Add Counters dialog box.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The CounterName is null.
PlatformNotSupportedException	The platform is Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition (Me), which does not support performance counters.

Examples

The following code example shows how to set the CounterName property to a typical counter name.

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			PerformanceCounter PC=new PerformanceCounter();
			PC.CategoryName="Process";
			PC.CounterName="Private Bytes";
			PC.InstanceName="Explorer";
			MessageBox.Show(PC.NextValue().ToString());

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

PerformanceCounter Class

System.Diagnostics Namespace

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