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Asked: 2026-05-18T08:35:43+00:00

There is a very common task I face again. I have already solved this

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There is a very common task I face again. I have already solved this a couple of times, but now I am looking for a more “elegant” way – can you deliver some input?

Situation:
I have a Method which I would like to run “semi async”. In other words: Start it and wait a given time x. If the method is not finished by then (“timed out”), I want to continue my code with some cleanup procedures.

Solutions so far:

  1. Use an AutoResetEvent (or
    ManualResetEvent) combined with an
    annonymus method using
    .WaitOne(x).
  2. Use a Thread/BackgroundWorker
    combined with a Timer. If the timer
    hits its handler before the thread stops it, the therad is timed out.

Both appraochs work fine but I imagine there is a better way with 4.0.

Suggestions?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Does Task.Wait(Timeout) from the Task Parallel Library do what you want? (You may wish to combine this with cancellation tokens to cancel the task after the timeout occurs.)

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