Process.WorkingSet Property
Gets the associated process's physical memory usage, in bytes.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
<ObsoleteAttribute("This property has been deprecated. Please use System.Diagnostics.Process.WorkingSet64 instead. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")> Public ReadOnly Property WorkingSet As Integer
Property Value
Type: System.Int32The total amount of physical memory the associated process is using, in bytes.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| PlatformNotSupportedException | The platform is Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), which does not support this property. |
The value returned by this property represents the current size of working set memory used by the process, in bytes. The working set of a process is the set of memory pages currently visible to the process in physical RAM memory. These pages are resident and available for an application to use without triggering a page fault.
The working set includes both shared and private data. The shared data includes the pages that contain all the instructions that the process executes, including the process modules and the system libraries.
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' exit code.
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") While Not myProcess.HasExited Console.WriteLine() ' Get physical memory usage of the associated process. Console.WriteLine("Process's physical memory usage: " + _ myProcess.WorkingSet.ToString) ' Get base priority of the associated process. Console.WriteLine("Base priority of the associated process: " + _ myProcess.BasePriority.ToString) ' Get priority class of the associated process. Console.WriteLine("Priority class of the associated process: " + _ myProcess.PriorityClass.ToString) ' Get user processor time for this process. Console.WriteLine("User Processor Time: " + _ myProcess.UserProcessorTime.ToString) ' Get privileged processor time for this process. Console.WriteLine("Privileged Processor Time: " + _ myProcess.PrivilegedProcessorTime.ToString) ' Get total processor time for this process. Console.WriteLine("Total Processor Time: " + _ myProcess.TotalProcessorTime.ToString) ' Invoke overloaded ToString function. Console.WriteLine("Process's Name: " + myProcess.ToString) Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------") If myProcess.Responding Then Console.WriteLine("Status: Responding to user interface") myProcess.Refresh() Else Console.WriteLine("Status: Not Responding") End If Thread.Sleep(1000) End While Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Process exit code: {0}", myProcess.ExitCode) Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine("The following exception was raised: " + e.Message) End Try End Sub 'Main End Class 'MyProcessClass End Namespace 'Process_Sample
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Available since 1.1