PerformanceCounter overview

Public Constructors

PerformanceCounter Constructor

Overloaded. Initializes a new instance of the PerformanceCounter class.

Public Properties

CategoryName	Gets or sets the name of the performance counter category for this performance counter.
Container (inherited from Component)	Gets the IContainer that contains the Component.
CounterHelp	Gets the description for this performance counter.
CounterName	Gets or sets the name of the performance counter that is associated with this PerformanceCounter instance.
CounterType	Gets the counter type of the associated performance counter.
InstanceName	Gets or sets an instance name for this performance counter.
MachineName	Gets or sets the computer name for this performance counter
RawValue	Gets or sets the raw, or uncalculated, value of this counter.
ReadOnly	Gets or sets a value indicating whether this PerformanceCounter instance is in read-only mode.
Site (inherited from Component)	Gets or sets the ISite of the Component.

Public Methods

BeginInit	Begins the initialization of a PerformanceCounter instance used on a form or by another component. The initialization occurs at runtime.
Close	Closes the performance counter and frees all the resources allocated by this performance counter instance.
CloseSharedResources	Frees the performance counter library shared state allocated by the counters.
CreateObjRef (inherited from MarshalByRefObject)	Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object.
Decrement	Decrements the associated performance counter by one through an efficient atomic operation.
Dispose (inherited from Component)	Overloaded. Releases the resources used by the Component.
EndInit	Ends the initialization of a PerformanceCounter instance that is used on a form or by another component. The initialization occurs at runtime.
Equals (inherited from Object)	Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal.
GetHashCode (inherited from Object)	Serves as a hash function for a particular type, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table.
GetLifetimeService (inherited from MarshalByRefObject)	Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance.
GetType (inherited from Object)	Gets the Type of the current instance.
Increment	Increments the associated performance counter by one through an efficient atomic operation.
IncrementBy	Increments or decrements the value of the associated performance counter by a specified amount through an efficient atomic operation.
InitializeLifetimeService (inherited from MarshalByRefObject)	Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance.
NextSample	Obtains a counter sample, and returns the raw, or uncalculated, value for it.
NextValue	Obtains a counter sample and returns the calculated value for it.
RemoveInstance	Deletes the category instance specified by the PerformanceCounter object InstanceName property.
ToString (inherited from Object)	Returns a String that represents the current Object.

Public Events

Disposed (inherited from Component)

Adds an event handler to listen to the Disposed event on the component.

Protected Properties

DesignMode (inherited from Component)	Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode.
Events (inherited from Component)	Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component.

Protected Methods

Dispose	Overloaded. Overridden. See Component.Dispose.
Finalize (inherited from Component)	Overridden. Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the Component is reclaimed by garbage collection. In C# and C++, finalizers are expressed using destructor syntax.
GetService (inherited from Component)	Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object)	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

See Also

PerformanceCounter Class | System.Diagnostics Namespace