PerformanceCounter.CounterName Property

public:
 property System::String ^ CounterName { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string CounterName { get; set; }

[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Diagnostics.Design.CounterNameConverter, System.Design, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public string CounterName { get; set; }

[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Diagnostics.Design.CounterNameConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public string CounterName { get; set; }

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

member this.CounterName : string with get, set

[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Diagnostics.Design.CounterNameConverter, System.Design, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")>]
member this.CounterName : string with get, set

[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Diagnostics.Design.CounterNameConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")>]
member this.CounterName : string with get, set

[<System.ComponentModel.SettingsBindable(true)>]
[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Diagnostics.Design.CounterNameConverter, System.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")>]
member this.CounterName : string with get, set

Public Property CounterName As String

Property Value

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.

Attributes

TypeConverterAttribute SettingsBindableAttribute

Exceptions

Examples

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

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

Dim PC As New PerformanceCounter()
PC.CategoryName = "Process"
PC.CounterName = "Private Bytes"
PC.InstanceName = "Explorer"
MessageBox.Show(PC.NextValue().ToString())

Remarks

You can get a list of available pre-existing counters from the Windows Performance Manager's Add Counters dialog box.