How can I access performance counters of garbage collector programmatically?

Question

I have an app written in .Net Compact Framework 3.5 & C#, running on Windows Embedded Compact 7, I want to know how often and how much time GC is taking.

I have platform builder remote tools but I can't find anything which shows GC counters.

Is there a way to access them programmatically in C# or C++ etc ?

Is there any tool which can help me finding these counters ?

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Remote Performance Monitor (RPM) will show you GC counts live, so you can get those numbers from it. Unfortunately there's no SDK or API for it. This blog article is a little more in-depth on the tool.