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Does Task.Wait(int) stop the task if the timeout elapses without the task finishing?

I have a task and I expect it to take under a second to run but if it takes longer …

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Correct way to delay the start of a Task

I want to schedule a task to start in x ms and be able to cancel it before it starts (…

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What's the difference between returning void and returning a Task?

In looking at various C# Async CTP samples I see some async functions that return void, and others that return …

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Waiting for async/await inside a task

I have this construct in my main(), which creates var tasks = new List<Task>(); var t = Task.Factory.…

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The current SynchronizationContext may not be used as a TaskScheduler

I am using Tasks to run long running server calls in my ViewModel and the results are marshalled back on …

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Task parallel library replacement for BackgroundWorker?

Does the task parallel library have anything that would be considered a replacement or improvement over the BackgroundWorker class? I …

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How to cancel a CancellationToken

I start a task, that start other tasks and so forth. Given that tree, if any task fails the result …

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Execute task in background in WPF application

Example private void Start(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { int progress = 0; for (;;) { System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1); progress++; Logger.Info(progress); } } What …

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Is it possible to use Task<bool> in if conditions?

In Windows Phone 8 I have method public async Task<bool> authentication(). The return type of the function is …

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Is Task.Factory.StartNew() guaranteed to use another thread than the calling thread?

I am starting a new task from a function but I would not want it to run on the same …

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