Process.ToString Method ()
.NET Framework (current version)
Formats the process's name as a string, combined with the parent component type, if applicable.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Return Value
Type: System.StringThe ProcessName, combined with the base component's ToString return value.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| PlatformNotSupportedException | ToString is not supported on Windows 98. |
The following example starts an instance of Notepad. The example then retrieves and displays various properties of the associated process. The example detects when the process exits, and displays the process's exit code.
Imports System Imports System.Diagnostics Namespace ProcessSample Class ProcessMonitorSample Public Shared Sub Main() ' Define variables to track the peak ' memory usage of the process. Dim peakPagedMem As Long = 0 Dim peakWorkingSet As Long = 0 Dim peakVirtualMem As Long = 0 Dim myProcess As Process = Nothing Try ' Start the process. myProcess = Process.Start("NotePad.exe") ' Display process statistics until ' the user closes the program. Do If Not myProcess.HasExited Then ' Refresh the current process property values. myProcess.Refresh() Console.WriteLine() ' Display current process statistics. Console.WriteLine("{0} -", myProcess.ToString()) Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------") Console.WriteLine(" physical memory usage: {0}", _ myProcess.WorkingSet64) Console.WriteLine(" base priority: {0}", _ myProcess.BasePriority) Console.WriteLine(" priority class: {0}", _ myProcess.PriorityClass) Console.WriteLine(" user processor time: {0}", _ myProcess.UserProcessorTime) Console.WriteLine(" privileged processor time: {0}", _ myProcess.PrivilegedProcessorTime) Console.WriteLine(" total processor time: {0}", _ myProcess.TotalProcessorTime) Console.WriteLine(" PagedSystemMemorySize64: {0}", _ myProcess.PagedSystemMemorySize64) Console.WriteLine(" PagedMemorySize64: {0}", _ myProcess.PagedMemorySize64) ' Update the values for the overall peak memory statistics. peakPagedMem = myProcess.PeakPagedMemorySize64 peakVirtualMem = myProcess.PeakVirtualMemorySize64 peakWorkingSet = myProcess.PeakWorkingSet64 If myProcess.Responding Then Console.WriteLine("Status = Running") Else Console.WriteLine("Status = Not Responding") End If End If Loop While Not myProcess.WaitForExit(1000) Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Process exit code: {0}", myProcess.ExitCode) ' Display peak memory statistics for the process. Console.WriteLine("Peak physical memory usage of the process: {0}", _ peakWorkingSet) Console.WriteLine("Peak paged memory usage of the process: {0}", _ peakPagedMem) Console.WriteLine("Peak virtual memory usage of the process: {0}", _ peakVirtualMem) Finally If Not myProcess Is Nothing Then myProcess.Close() End If End Try End Sub 'Main End Class End Namespace
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.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Available since 1.1
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