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TaskFactory is used to create and schedule Task objects in the .Net framework.

TaskFactory is used to create and schedule Task objects in the .Net framework.

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lowering priority of Task.Factory.StartNew thread

a code like below will start a new thread to do the job. Is there any way I can control the priority of that thread? Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { // everything here will be executed in a new thread. // I want to set the priority of this…
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TaskFactory.StartNew versus ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem

Apparently the TaskFactory.StartNew method in .NET 4.0 is intended as a replacement for ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem (according to this post, anyway). My question is simple: does anyone know why? Does TaskFactory.StartNew have better performance?…
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TPL TaskFactory.FromAsync vs Tasks with blocking methods

I was wondering if there were any performance implications between using TPL TaskFactory.FromAsync and using TaskFactory.StartNew on blocking versions of the methods. I'm writing a TCP server that will support no more than 100 concurrent…
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Different exception handling between Task.Run and Task.Factory.StartNew

I encountered an issue when I was using Task.Factory.StartNew and tried to capture an exception that is thrown. In my application I have a long running task that I want to encapsulate in a Task.Factory.StartNew(.., TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);…
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Sleep task (System.Threading.Tasks)

I need to create thread which will replace photo in Windows Forms window, than waits for ~1second and restore the previous photo. I thought that the following code: TaskScheduler ui = TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext(); var task =…
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Create a Task with an Action multiple parameters

I want to add multiple parameter in a Task containing Action. I reviewed the existing stack-overflow question Create a Task with an Action Kindly assist me how to pass multiple arguments in a Action method in a Task Action action =…
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how add tasks priority functionality

i use Task Library for my image compression service. I would to compress many files concurrency. But i want the service run only when user is idle(or no more impotarnt task in programm). I know that threadPool does not support "change thread…
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Why does TaskFactory.StartNew in combination with Task.ContinueWith work?

TaskFactory.StartNew() creates a new Task, starts it and then returns it. I suppose that it is safe to assume that the following code will always work (since it was taken from MSDN): Task.Factory.StartNew(() => Console.WriteLine("first")) …
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How to create a Task with TaskFactory.FromAsync and custom Async procedures

I am trying to test some classes that rely on a Task to do some background computation (retrieve data from a network location). The class gets a non-started instance of a Task, adds a ContinueWith method and then calls Start on the Task. Something…
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How to ensure that Task.Factory.StartNew doesn't slow down the main thread?

There's a bunch of compressed data chunks that has to be asynchronously deflated - without blocking or slowing down the main thread in any shape or form. Decompressed chunks will be used by the main thread as soon as they are…
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Disadvantages to Web Api methods returning Tasks

Why is the practice of returning a Task from Web Api methods not the default and in the methods that you get when you create a new Web Api Controller in Visual Studio? Are there any disadvantages to doing this? public class MyController :…
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Task.Factory.StartNew "action" argument and higher level local variables

Consider this: void StartUpdate(DataRequest dataRequest) { Task.Factory.StartNew(request => {... do something with "request" ...}, dataRequest); } Now, my question: can I use dataRequest inside the lambda expression, instead of passing…
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Alternative of Thread.Abort for a cpu+time intensive method

i have a question about multithreading applications. I use the TaskFactory to start a cpu+time intensive method. This method is a call to SAP and needs a long time to finish. The user should have an option to cancel the task. Currently i am using…
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How to start tasks after cancelling

I have a Windows form with three buttons. One button adds entries to a BlockingCollection. One starts processing the list and one stops processing the list. I can add entries to my BlockingCollection and when I click Start, the list is consumed as I…
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parallel.for or task.startnew in multithreading process

I have a list of strings that I need to pass to a process in a different class. What I want to know which of the two ideas would be a better approach to use in terms of speed, efficiency and parallel processing. The list contains +- 10000 strings…
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