VB.Net Tutorial/Development/PerformanceCounter

System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter

<source lang="vbnet">public class Test

  public Shared Sub Main
       Dim PerformanceCounter2 As System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter
       PerformanceCounter2 = New System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter()
       Console.WriteLine("Category: " & PerformanceCounter2.CategoryName)
       Console.WriteLine("Counter: " & PerformanceCounter2.CounterName)
       Console.WriteLine("Instance: " & PerformanceCounter2.InstanceName)
       Console.WriteLine("Machine: " & Environment.MachineName)
       Console.WriteLine("RawValue: " & PerformanceCounter2.RawValue)
       
  End Sub

End class</source>

Category:
Counter:
Instance:
Machine: vbex
Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Failed to initialize because CategoryName is
missing.
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.Initialize()
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.NextSample()
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.get_RawValue()
   at Test.Main()