PerformanceCounter.InstanceLifetime Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics

Assembly:

System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.dll

Source:

PerformanceCounter.cs

Gets or sets the lifetime of a process.

public:
 property System::Diagnostics::PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime InstanceLifetime { System::Diagnostics::PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime get(); void set(System::Diagnostics::PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime value); };

public System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime InstanceLifetime { get; set; }

member this.InstanceLifetime : System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime with get, set

Public Property InstanceLifetime As PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime

Property Value

PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime

One of the PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime values. The default is Global.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The value set is not a member of the PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime enumeration.

InvalidOperationException

InstanceLifetime is set after the PerformanceCounter has been initialized.

Remarks

If the performance counter category is created with the .NET Framework version 1.0 or 1.1, it uses global shared memory, and the value for InstanceLifetime must be Global. If the category is not used by applications running on versions 1.0 or 1.1 of the .NET Framework, delete and recreate the category.

Note

If the value of the CounterType property is SingleInstance, the InstanceLifetime value for the performance counter must be Global.