CPU usage

import the System.Diagnostics namespace.

then declare globally:

private PerformanceCounter theCPUCounter = new PerformanceCounter("Processor", "% Processor Time", "_Total");

then to get the CPU time, simply call the "NextValue()" method:

this.theCPUCounter.NextValue();

this will get you the CPU usage

as for mem usage, same thing applies I believe:

private PerformanceCounter theMemCounter = new PerformanceCounter("Memory", "Available MBytes");

..

..

this.theMemCounter.NextValue();

does this help?

overall I could make a solution which allows me to check both values on every second using a timer and setting its interval to 1 second (1000 milliseconds):

using System.Diagnostics; namespace SomeProject { public partial class Form1 : Form { private PerformanceCounter theCPUCounter = new PerformanceCounter("Processor", "% Processor Time", "_Total"); private PerformanceCounter theMemCounter = new PerformanceCounter("Memory", "Available MBytes"); public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void Timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.theLabelInfo.Text = this.theCPUCounter.NextValue().ToString() + "%" + Environment.NewLine + this.theMemCounter.NextValue().ToString() + "MB"; } } }

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.performancecounter.aspx

ahmedilyas at 2007-10-8 >

The code came up with a few errors;

1. Error 1 'System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.NextValue()' is a 'method', which is not valid in the given context.

2. Error 2 'System.Environment' does not contain a definition for 'Newline'.

3. Error 3 'System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.NextValue()' is a 'method', which is not valid in the given context.

CazaD at 2007-10-8 >

That is all good now but now i have another error in this line of code:

privatePerformanceCounter theMemCounter = newPerformanceCounter("Memory", "AvailableMBytes");

Could not locate Performance Counter with specified category name 'Memory', counter name 'AvailableMBytes'.

CazaD at 2007-10-8 >

OK Thanks for that, it all works.

CazaD at 2007-10-8 >

the reason it appears to crash in debug mode could be perhaps because its using Vshost to launch/run your actual application and would appear to run fine when in release mode - this could be one factor.

What happens when you run the exe file on its own in debug mode and release mode (not in the IDE itself)?

it should not just crash, well it may well do but are you sure it does not throw an exception instead?

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xx7e9t8e.aspx

ahmedilyas at 2007-10-8 >

I also get this, I actually wrote a fair amount of a reply and now deleted it! :-)

I'm wondering why it works fine outside the IDE as when I tried it didn't. the App.Name would be Application.ProductName perhaps but this may not resolve the issue

ahmedilyas at 2007-10-8 >