Is there a 'standard' way to specify that a task continuation should run on the thread from which the initial task was created?
Currently I have the code below - it is working but keeping track of the dispatcher and creating a second Action seems like unnecessary overhead.
dispatcher = Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher;
Task task = Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
{
DoLongRunningWork();
});
Task UITask= task.ContinueWith(() =>
{
dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(() =>
{
this.TextBlock1.Text = "Complete";
}
});
Call the continuation with TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext()
:
Task UITask= task.ContinueWith(() =>
{
this.TextBlock1.Text = "Complete";
}, TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext());
This is suitable only if the current execution context is on the UI thread.