Aug 12, 2010 · Create a new thread and start the task on that, then use Wait () or .Result to block the new thread and sync the result back to the caller somehow, possibly with polling to the …

Mar 10, 2013 · 22 TaskCompletionSource is used to create Task objects that don't execute code. In real world scenarios, TaskCompletionSource is ideal for I/O bound operations. This way, …

Sep 12, 2013 · I have a blackbox object that exposes a method to kick of an async operation, and an event fires when the operation is complete. I have wrapped that into an …

When the asynchronous operation completes, the scheduled completion will then execute. The answer to the specific question in your question's title is to block on an async method's return …

You can return a Task or Task<T> and use that to determine if it's completed. Also you can use a CancellationToken and cooperative cancellation to cancel previous tasks. Right now async …

I can use Task.ContinueWith to asynchronously wait for the task to complete (i.e. schedule an action to be executed when the task is complete), but that doesn't allow to specify a timeout. I …

Nov 3, 2012 · Your Print method likely needs to wait for the continuation to finish (ContinueWith returns a task which you can wait on). Otherwise the second ReadAsStringAsync finishes, the …

Oct 21, 2013 · I've discovered that TaskCompletionSource.SetResult(); invokes the code awaiting the task before returning. In my case that result in a deadlock. This is a simplified version that …

Oct 6, 2016 · await task_completion_source.Task.WaitAsync(cancellationToken); On a side note, I'd strongly encourage you to use ToTask rather than an explicit TaskCompletionSource.

Jul 20, 2016 · I have a loop that creates multiple tasks as shown below. How do I update the screen (add a new line to a textbox with some data) as each task completes? How do I detect …