Gets the current value of a performance counter.
Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.LoadTesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.LoadTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.LoadTestFramework.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function GetCounterValue ( _
    machineName As String, _
    categoryName As String, _
    counterName As String, _
    instanceName As String _
) As PerformanceCounterValue
PerformanceCounterValue GetCounterValue(
    string machineName,
    string categoryName,
    string counterName,
    string instanceName
)
PerformanceCounterValue^ GetCounterValue(
    String^ machineName, 
    String^ categoryName, 
    String^ counterName, 
    String^ instanceName
)
abstract GetCounterValue : 
        machineName:string * 
        categoryName:string * 
        counterName:string * 
        instanceName:string -> PerformanceCounterValue
function GetCounterValue(
    machineName : String, 
    categoryName : String, 
    counterName : String, 
    instanceName : String
) : PerformanceCounterValue
Parameters
- machineName 
 Type: String- The name of the computer from which the performance counter value is collected. 
- categoryName 
 Type: String- The category name of the performance counter. 
- counterName 
 Type: String- The name of the performance counter. 
- instanceName 
 Type: String- The name of the instance of the performance counter. 
Return Value
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.LoadTesting.PerformanceCounterValue
A PerformanceCounterValue object.
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.