PdhCreateCounterPathList (VB)

The Visual Basic PdhCreateCounterPathList function displays the performance counter browsing dialog box, which lets the user select several performance counters. Each selected counter path must then be read using the PdhGetCounterPathFromList function.

PdhCreateCounterPathList(
  ByVal DetailLevel as Long,   
  ByVal CaptionString as String)   
as Long
 

Parameters

DetailLevel

One of the following values defined in PDHDEFS.TXT. The selected value indicates the types of counters to be displayed in the dialog box:

Value	Counters Displayed
PERF_DETAIL_NOVICE	Only counters that the novice user is likely to understand.
PERF_DETAIL_ADVANCED	Counters that the advanced user is likely to understand, in addition to the novice-user counters.
PERF_DETAIL_EXPERT	Counters that the expert user and software developer is likely to understand, in addition to the counters for the novice and advanced users.
PERF_DETAIL_WIZARD	All counters in the system.

CaptionString

A string variable that contains the text that will be displayed in the caption bar of the dialog box.

Return Values

The function returns the number of counter paths that the user selected.

See Also

Performance Data Helper Overview, Performance Data Functions