CounterCreationData.CounterHelp Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics

Assembly:

System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.dll

Source:

CounterCreationData.cs

Gets or sets the custom counter's description.

C#

public string CounterHelp { get; set; }

Property Value

String

The text that describes the counter's behavior.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The specified value is null.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to get and set the CounterHelp property. This example creates two counters and sets their CounterHelp property by using different techniques. When the first counter is initialized, the CounterHelp data is passed to the constructor, whereas the second counter sets the property explicitly.

C#

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace MyDiagnostics
{
    class MyCounterCreationData
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            CounterCreationDataCollection myCol =
                                       new CounterCreationDataCollection();

            // Create two custom counter objects.
            CounterCreationData myCounter1 = new CounterCreationData("Counter1",
               "First custom counter", PerformanceCounterType.CounterDelta32);

            CounterCreationData myCounter2 = new CounterCreationData();

            // Set the properties of the 'CounterCreationData' object.
            myCounter2.CounterName = "Counter2";
            myCounter2.CounterHelp = "Second custom counter";
            myCounter2.CounterType = PerformanceCounterType.NumberOfItemsHEX32;

            // Add custom counter objects to CounterCreationDataCollection.
            myCol.Add(myCounter1);
            myCol.Add(myCounter2);

            if (PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists("New Counter Category"))
                PerformanceCounterCategory.Delete("New Counter Category");

            // Bind the counters to a PerformanceCounterCategory.
            PerformanceCounterCategory myCategory =
                  PerformanceCounterCategory.Create("New Counter Category", "Category Help",
                PerformanceCounterCategoryType.SingleInstance, myCol);

            Console.WriteLine("Counter Information:");
            Console.WriteLine("Category Name: " + myCategory.CategoryName);
            for (int i = 0; i < myCol.Count; i++)
            {
                // Display the properties of the CounterCreationData objects.
                Console.WriteLine("CounterName : " + myCol[i].CounterName);
                Console.WriteLine("CounterHelp : " + myCol[i].CounterHelp);
                Console.WriteLine("CounterType : " + myCol[i].CounterType);
            }
        }
    }
}

Applies to

See also

• CounterType
• CounterName
• CounterCreationData()