Frees all the resources that are associated with this component.
Namespace:
System.Diagnostics
Assembly:
System (in System.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Dim instance As Process
instance.Close()
The following example starts an instance of Notepad. It then retrieves the physical memory usage of the associated process at 2 second intervals for a maximum of 10 seconds. The example detects whether the process exits before 10 seconds have elapsed. The example closes the process if it is still running after 10 seconds.
Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Threading
Namespace Process_Sample
Class MyProcessClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Try
Dim myProcess As Process
myProcess = Process.Start("Notepad.exe")
' Display physical memory usage 5 times at intervals of 2 seconds.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To 4
If not myProcess.HasExited Then
' Discard cached information about the process.
myProcess.Refresh()
' Print working set to console.
Console.WriteLine("Physical Memory Usage: " + _
myProcess.WorkingSet.ToString())
' Wait 2 seconds.
Thread.Sleep(2000)
Else
Exit For
End If
Next i
' Close process by sending a close message to its main window.
myProcess.CloseMainWindow()
' Free resources associated with process.
myProcess.Close()
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine("The following exception was raised: ")
Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
End Try
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'MyProcessClass
End Namespace 'Process_Sample
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;
namespace Process_Sample
{
class MyProcessClass
{
public static void Main()
{
try
{
Process myProcess;
myProcess = Process.Start("Notepad.exe");
// Display physical memory usage 5 times at intervals of 2 seconds.
for (int i = 0;i < 5; i++)
{
if (!myProcess.HasExited)
{
// Discard cached information about the process.
myProcess.Refresh();
// Print working set to console.
Console.WriteLine("Physical Memory Usage: "
+ myProcess.WorkingSet.ToString());
// Wait 2 seconds.
Thread.Sleep(2000);
}
else {
break;
}
}
// Close process by sending a close message to its main window.
myProcess.CloseMainWindow();
// Free resources associated with process.
myProcess.Close();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("The following exception was raised: ");
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
}
}
#using <System.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Diagnostics;
using namespace System::Threading;
int main()
{
try
{
Process^ myProcess;
myProcess = Process::Start( "Notepad.exe" );
// Display physical memory usage 5 times at intervals of 2 seconds.
for ( int i = 0; i < 5; i++ )
{
if ( !myProcess->HasExited )
{
// Discard cached information about the process.
myProcess->Refresh();
// Print working set to console.
Console::WriteLine( "Physical Memory Usage : {0}", myProcess->WorkingSet.ToString() );
// Wait 2 seconds.
Thread::Sleep( 2000 );
}
else
{
break;
}
}
myProcess->CloseMainWindow();
// Free resources associated with process.
myProcess->Close();
}
catch ( Exception^ e )
{
Console::WriteLine( "The following exception was raised: " );
Console::WriteLine( e->Message );
}
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
Reference