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Function name : GetProcessTimes

Group: Process and Thread - Library: kernel32

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Retrieves timing information for the specified process.

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Code examples:

How to find when the application started

Declaration:

BOOL WINAPI GetProcessTimes(
  __in   HANDLE hProcess,
  __out  LPFILETIME lpCreationTime,
  __out  LPFILETIME lpExitTime,
  __out  LPFILETIME lpKernelTime,
  __out  LPFILETIME lpUserTime
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetProcessTimes IN kernel32;
	INTEGER hProcess,;
	STRING @lpCreationTime,;
	STRING @lpExitTime,;
	STRING @lpKernelTime,;
	STRING @lpUserTime  

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Parameters:

hProcess A handle to the process whose timing information is sought. The handle must have the PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION or PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION access right.

lpCreationTime A pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the creation time of the process.

lpExitTime A pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the exit time of the process.

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

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

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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Comments:

This function provides a way to know when the process has started.

See also: GetProcessIoCounters, GetProcessVersion, GetProcessMemoryInfo.

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