How to start and stop background task in window c#?

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I have created one application which required long time to complete because client server type application and i want to start new another task at same time.

What I have tried:

private async void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
await Task.Run(() =>
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
});
MessageBox.Show("Hi from the UI thread!");
}

Posted 25-Feb-16 20:20pm

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Updated 25-Feb-16 20:34pm

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Er. Dinesh Sharma 26-Feb-16 2:32am

Try this.
private async void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
await Task.Run(() =>
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
}).ContinueWith(task =>{Console.WriteLine("P");});
MessageBox.Show("Hi from the UI thread!");
}
Use ContinueWith option

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koolprasad2003 · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-25T20:34:00

Thread is the good option to accomplish your task. You can run 2 threads simultaneously,
see below snippet

C#

static void Main(string[] args)
  {
      ThreadStart threadStart1 = new ThreadStart(DoSomething);
      ThreadStart threadStart2 = new ThreadStart(DoSomething);
      Thread th1 = new Thread(threadStart1);
      Thread th2 = new Thread(threadStart2);

      th1.Start();
      th2.Start();

      th1.Join();
      th2.Join();

      Console.ReadLine();
  }

private static void DoSomething()
  {
      while (DateTime.Now < startTime)
      {
          //do nothing
      }

      //both threads will execute code here concurrently
  }