Custom system performance counter in C#

Hello everyone

this is simple example how to create and use your own system performance counters in C#.

Code Snippet

1.  class Program

2.  {

3.      private static string categoryName = "TestingCategory";

4.      private static string counterName = "Loops per second";

5.   

6.      static void Main(string[] args)

7.      {

8.          CreateCounter();

9.   

10.        UseCounter();

11. 

12.    }

13. 

14.    private static void UseCounter()

15.    {

16.        using (PerformanceCounter counter = new PerformanceCounter(categoryName, counterName, ""))  //Instance name is empty string.

17.        {

18.            counter.ReadOnly = false;

19.            for (int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++)

20.                counter.Increment();

21.            //counter.IncrementBy(10);              

22.        }

23.    }

24. 

25.    private static void CreateCounter()

26.    {

27. 

28.        //Test if category already exists

29.        if (!PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists(categoryName))

30.        {

31.            //Prepare and create counter

32.            CounterCreationDataCollection counter = new CounterCreationDataCollection();

33.            counter.Add(new CounterCreationData(counterName, "For loop counter", PerformanceCounterType.CountPerTimeInterval32));

34.