Kernel32GetProcessTimes Method

Retrieves timing information for the specified process.

Definition

Namespace: DevCase.Win32.NativeMethods
Assembly: DevCase.net48 (in DevCase.net48.dll) Version: 6.0.0.0 (6.0)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
[DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
public static bool GetProcessTimes(
	IntPtr hProcess,
	out FILETIME refCreationTime,
	out FILETIME refExitTime,
	out FILETIME refKernelTime,
	out FILETIME refUserTime
)

Parameters

hProcess  IntPtr
A handle to the process whose timing information is sought.

The handle must have the QueryInformation or QueryLimitedInformation access right.

refCreationTime  FILETIME
A pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the creation time of the process.
refExitTime  FILETIME
A pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the exit time of the process.

If the process has not exited, the content of this structure is undefined.

refKernelTime  FILETIME
A pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the amount of time that the process has executed in kernel mode.

The time that each of the threads of the process has executed in kernel mode is determined, and then all of those times are summed together to obtain this value.

refUserTime  FILETIME
A pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the amount of time that the process has executed in user mode.

The time that each of the threads of the process has executed in user mode is determined, and then all of those times are summed together to obtain this value.

Note that this value can exceed the amount of real time elapsed (between refCreationTime and refExitTime) if the process executes across multiple CPU cores.

Return Value

Boolean
If the function succeeds, the return value is .

If the function fails, the return value is .

Remarks

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