WindowsRuntimeSystemExtensions.AsTask<(Of <(TProgress>)>) Method (<(Of <(TProgress>)>), CancellationToken)

For apps that target Windows Phone OS 7.0 and 7.1, do not use any members of this type in your app. If you do, your code will throw a MethodAccessException. This type is security-critical, which restricts it to internal use by the .NET Framework for Windows Phone class library.

[SECURITY CRITICAL]

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Returns a task that represents a Windows Runtime asynchronous action that can be cancelled.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime (in System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.dll)

Syntax

<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function AsTask(Of TProgress) ( _
    source As IAsyncActionWithProgress(Of TProgress), _
    cancellationToken As CancellationToken _
) As Task
public static Task AsTask<TProgress>(
    this IAsyncActionWithProgress<TProgress> source,
    CancellationToken cancellationToken
)

Type Parameters

  • TProgress
    The type of object that provides data that indicates progress.

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Threading.Tasks..::.Task
A task that represents the asynchronous action.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IAsyncActionWithProgress<(Of <(TProgress>)>). When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0

See Also

Reference

WindowsRuntimeSystemExtensions Class

AsTask Overload

System Namespace