Is there a PerformanceCounterType I can use for tracking the duration of a
process?

For instance, something like this:

counter.ProcessBegan;
myProcess();
counter.ProcessCompleted;

Why dont you use DateTime.Now and check this?
r.


"ejstembler" <ejstembler (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

If the *process* is a function you are running, then the DateTime suggestion is
great.
That is the same method used by most of the testing harnesses and performance
harnesses that people tend to write. The method has to be sufficiently long to
overcome
the DateTime granularity, but that shouldn't normally be a problem.

The most accurate method is probably GetThreadTimes, a Win32 API, because you
can
tell how long the thread actually executed. This is key, since a thread may be
in a non
executable state after a context switch to a higher priority thread, or when it
yields
execution. The problem here is you can't track thread dead time.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/getthreadtimes.asp

For actual processes, you might want to check out System.Diagnostics. They have
some
Process APIs that should help you get timings, including the raising of some
process related
events.

For truly high performant counters that get around the granularity troubles, you
shold probably
try, QueryPerformanceCounter and QueryPerformanceFrequency.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/timers/timerreference/timerfunctions/queryperformancecounter.asp

Hope this helps at least a bit.


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"Ranjan" <ranjan (AT) proteans (DOT) com> wrote