C# Signature:

[DllImport( "pdh.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode )]
static extern UInt32 PdhLookupPerfNameByIndex(string szMachineName, uint dwNameIndex, StringBuilder szNameBuffer, ref uint pcchNameBufferSize);

VB Signature:

Declare Function PdhLookupPerfNameByIndex Lib "pdh.dll" (TODO) As TODO

User-Defined Types:

None.

Alternative Managed API:

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Notes:

None.

Tips & Tricks:

Please add some!

Sample Code:

const uint iProcessorQueueLength = 44; //counter object we want the name for

StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(1024);
uint bufSize = (uint)buffer.Capacity;

UInt32 iRet = 0;
iRet = PdhLookupPerfNameByIndex(null, iProcessorQueueLength, buffer, ref bufSize);
Console.WriteLine(buffer.ToString()); //locale specific name