I an creating a sample example to call link using WebClient using async and await method now I want to attach cancel async call functionality also. But I am not able to get CancellationTokenSource token and attach DownloadStringTaskAsync to this cancellation token. Following Is my code can anyone tell me how to accomplish this.
When my Cancel button calls cts.Cancel the DownloadStringTaskAsync call is not canceled. Why cancel button is not able to cancel the Async calls?
Code:
private async void DoWork()
{
this.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
Write("DoWork started.");
cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
WebClient wc = new WebClient();
string result = await wc.DownloadStringTaskAsync(new Uri("http://gyorgybalassy.wordpress.com"));
if (result.Length < 100000)
{
Write("The result is too small, download started from second URL.");
result = await wc.DownloadStringTaskAsync(new Uri("https://www.facebook.com/balassy"));
}
Write("Download completed. Downloaded bytes: " + result.Length.ToString());
Write("DoWork ended.");
this.Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}
private void btnCancel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Write("Cancellation started.");
this.cts.Cancel();
Write("Cancellation ended.");
}
When my Cancel button calls cts.Cancel the DownloadStringTaskAsync call is not canceled. Why cancel button is not able to cancel the Async calls?