Lucian's VBlog

We all know that async methods return Task or Task(Of T): Async Function GetNameAsync() As Task ( Of String ) Await Task .Delay(10) Return "ernest" End Function Sometimes, advanced users ask for the ability to return different types out of an async...

Sometimes people ask the question “How can I serialize a Task?” If you try, it throws a SerializationException: Dim t = TestAsync() Using stream As New MemoryStream Dim formatter As New Formatters.Binary. BinaryFormatter formatter...

This post is part of a series about an important new design pattern, awaiting events ... I also made a Channel9 video introduction " Async Over Events ". In this blog series: How to await a storyboard, and other things How to await a MediaElement...

[This post is part of a series How to await a storyboard, and other things ] Sometimes we want to await until a button has been clicked. Once place where this is useful is, for instance, when displaying the message “Click button to continue”...

[This post is part of a series How to await a storyboard, and other things ] Let’s look at making MediaElement awaitable. This is the kind of idiom I’d like to use: Try Await mediaElement1.OpenAsync( New Uri ( "ms-appx:///Assets...

[This post is part of a series How to await a storyboard, and other things ] In my app, I want to await a drag operation. Here’s how I’d like to await it: Private Async Sub rectangle1_PointerPressed(sender As Object , e As PointerRoutedEventArgs...