Get Status Operation

Use the Get Status operation to obtain information about an existing lock or to determine whether a particular lock exists. Enable the Get Status option on the left of the Lock Settings panel.

The Get Status operation contains the following options:

• Lock Name or Reference Expression —The lock on which to perform the operation. You can specify the lock by name or by the object reference you receive when you create the lock using the Use Object Reference for the Lock Reference Lifetime option.
• Optional Output
  • Lock Exists? —The location to store a Boolean value that indicates whether the lock exists.
  • Number of Threads Waiting to Lock the Lock — A location to store the number of threads waiting to lock the lock.