Get Status Operation

Use the Get Status operation to obtain information about the current state of the semaphore. Enable the Get Status option on the left of the Semaphore Settings panel.

The Get Status operation contains the following options:

• Semaphore Name or Reference Expression —The semaphore on which to perform the operation. You can specify the semaphore by name or by the object reference you receive when you create the semaphore using the Use Object Reference for the Semaphore Reference Lifetime option.
• Optional Output
  • Semaphore Exists? —The location for storing a Boolean value that indicates whether the semaphore exists.
  • Number of Threads Waiting to Acquire the Semaphore —The location for storing the number of threads waiting to acquire the semaphore.
  • Initial Semaphore Count —The location for storing the initial semaphore count.
  • Current Count —The location for storing the current value of the semaphore count.