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# PerformanceMonitorBaseAddCounter(String, String, String, String) Method

Adds a PerformanceCounter to be monitored.

## Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.Diagnostics
Assembly: Gemstone.Diagnostics (in Gemstone.Diagnostics.dll) Version: 1.0.141 -- Release Build+feef1218a72ae5274f0e1c6b43fb1b901eedc726
C#
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    public void AddCounter(
    	string categoryName,
    	string counterName,
    	string instanceName,
    	string aliasName
    )

VB
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    Public Sub AddCounter (
    	categoryName As String,
    	counterName As String,
    	instanceName As String,
    	aliasName As String
    )

C++
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    public:
    void AddCounter(
    	String^ categoryName,
    	String^ counterName,
    	String^ instanceName,
    	String^ aliasName
    )

JavaScript
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    function AddCounter(categoryName, counterName, instanceName, aliasName);

#### Parameters

categoryName String
  The name of the performance counter category (performance object) with which this performance counter is associated.
counterName String
  The name of the performance counter.
instanceName String
  The name of the performance counter category instance, or an empty string (""), if the category contains a single instance.
aliasName String
  The alias name for the PerformanceCounter object.

## See Also

#### Reference

PerformanceMonitorBase Class
AddCounter Overload
Gemstone.Diagnostics Namespace