Task.Wait Method (TimeSpan)

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Waits for the Task to complete execution within a specified time interval.

Namespace:  System.Threading.Tasks
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public bool Wait(
	TimeSpan timeout
)

Parameters

timeout
Type: System.TimeSpan

A TimeSpan that represents the number of milliseconds to wait, or a TimeSpan that represents -1 milliseconds to wait indefinitely.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the Task completed execution within the allotted time; otherwise, false.
ExceptionCondition
ObjectDisposedException

The Task has been disposed.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

timeout is a negative number other than -1 milliseconds, which represents an infinite time-out -or- timeout is greater than MaxValue.

AggregateException

The Task was canceled -or- an exception was thrown during the execution of the Task.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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