Restrictions on perf counter instance name

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework

13 Dec 2006 9:37 AM

jonathan

Is there a restriction on the instance name of a performance counter?

When I try and add a number of URL's to a perfomance counter using C#
no exceptions are thrown. However when I look in PerMon the string is
split between the instance name and parent fields?

For example:

counter = new PerformanceCounter("Web App", "Url response time",
"http://10.0.0.1/myfolder/", false);

I've tried using escaping the URL but this doesn't seem to make a
difference.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks