Page.AsyncTimeout Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value indicating the time-out interval used when processing asynchronous tasks.

public:
 property TimeSpan AsyncTimeout { TimeSpan get(); void set(TimeSpan value); };
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public TimeSpan AsyncTimeout { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.AsyncTimeout : TimeSpan with get, set
Public Property AsyncTimeout As TimeSpan

Property Value

A TimeSpan that contains the allowed time interval for completion of the asynchronous task. The default time interval is 45 seconds.

Attributes

Exceptions

The property was set to a negative value.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the use of the AsyncTimeout property with the ExecuteRegisteredAsyncTasks and RegisterAsyncTask methods. Note the use of beginning, ending, and time-out handlers. In the example, an artificial delay is introduced to demonstrate the situation of an asynchronous task exceeding the allotted time for the task as specified in the AsyncTimeout property. In a real-world scenario, an asynchronous task could be used to perform database calls or image generation, for example, and the time-out handler provides graceful degradation if the task is not performed in a specified amount of time. Note that the AsyncTimeout property is set in the page directive.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AsyncTimeout="2"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    // Define the asynchronuous task.
    Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls.MyAsyncTask mytask =    
      new Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls.MyAsyncTask();
    PageAsyncTask asynctask = new PageAsyncTask(mytask.OnBegin, mytask.OnEnd, mytask.OnTimeout, null);

    // Register the asynchronous task.
    Page.RegisterAsyncTask(asynctask);
      
    // Execute the register asynchronous task.
    Page.ExecuteRegisteredAsyncTasks();

    TaskMessage.InnerHtml = mytask.GetAsyncTaskProgress();

  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Asynchronous Task Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <span id="TaskMessage" runat="server">
      </span>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" AsyncTimeout="2"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    
    ' Define the asynchronuous task.
    Dim mytask As New Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls.MyAsyncTask()
    Dim asynctask As New PageAsyncTask(AddressOf mytask.OnBegin, AddressOf mytask.OnEnd, AddressOf mytask.OnTimeout, DBNull.Value)

    ' Register the asynchronous task.
    Page.RegisterAsyncTask(asynctask)
      
    ' Execute the register asynchronous task.
    Page.ExecuteRegisteredAsyncTasks()

    TaskMessage.InnerHtml = mytask.GetAsyncTaskProgress()
    
  End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Asynchronous Task Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <span id="TaskMessage" runat="server">
      </span>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Threading;

namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
    public class MyAsyncTask
    {
        private String _taskprogress;
        private AsyncTaskDelegate _dlgt;

        // Create delegate.
        protected delegate void AsyncTaskDelegate();

        public String GetAsyncTaskProgress()
        {
            return _taskprogress;
        }
        public void DoTheAsyncTask()
        {
            // Introduce an artificial delay to simulate a delayed 
            // asynchronous task. Make this greater than the 
            // AsyncTimeout property.
            Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5.0));
        }

        // Define the method that will get called to
        // start the asynchronous task.
        public IAsyncResult OnBegin(object sender, EventArgs e,
            AsyncCallback cb, object extraData)
        {
            _taskprogress = "Beginning async task.";

            _dlgt = new AsyncTaskDelegate(DoTheAsyncTask);
            IAsyncResult result = _dlgt.BeginInvoke(cb, extraData);

                        return result;
        }

        // Define the method that will get called when
        // the asynchronous task is ended.
        public void OnEnd(IAsyncResult ar)
        {
            _taskprogress = "Asynchronous task completed.";
            _dlgt.EndInvoke(ar);
        }

        // Define the method that will get called if the task
        // is not completed within the asynchronous timeout interval.
        public void OnTimeout(IAsyncResult ar)
        {
            _taskprogress = "Ansynchronous task failed to complete " +
                "because it exceeded the AsyncTimeout parameter.";
        }
    }
}
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Threading

Namespace Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls

    Public Class MyAsyncTask

        Private _taskprogress As String
        Private _dlgt As AsyncTaskDelegate

        ' Create delegate.
        Delegate Function AsyncTaskDelegate()

        Public Function GetAsyncTaskProgress() As String
            Return _taskprogress
        End Function

        Public Function DoTheAsyncTask()

            ' Introduce an artificial delay to simulate a delayed 
            ' asynchronous task. Make this greater than the 
            ' AsyncTimeout property.
            Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5.0))

        End Function


        ' Define the method that will get called to
        ' start the asynchronous task.
        Public Function OnBegin(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs, ByVal cb As AsyncCallback, ByVal extraData As Object) As IAsyncResult

            _taskprogress = "Beginning async task."

            Dim _dlgt As New AsyncTaskDelegate(AddressOf DoTheAsyncTask)
            Dim result As IAsyncResult = _dlgt.BeginInvoke(cb, extraData)
            Return result

        End Function 'OnBegin

        ' Define the method that will get called when
        ' the asynchronous task is ended.
        Public Sub OnEnd(ByVal ar As IAsyncResult)

            _taskprogress = "Asynchronous task completed."
            _dlgt.EndInvoke(ar)

        End Sub

        ' Define the method that will get called if the task
        ' is not completed within the asynchronous timeout interval.
        Public Sub OnTimeout(ByVal ar As IAsyncResult)

            _taskprogress = "Ansynchronous task failed to complete because " & _
            "it exceeded the AsyncTimeout parameter."

        End Sub

    End Class

End Namespace

Remarks

The asynchronous time-out of the page represents the amount of time that the page will wait to perform asynchronous tasks. In most circumstances, do not set this property in code. Set the page asynchronous time-out interval using the pages element of the Web configuration file or in the @ Page directive. Values set in the page configuration section are overwritten by the page directive.

Define your asynchronous task using the PageAsyncTask class and register a beginning, an ending, and a time-out handler. If the asynchronous task does not complete in the time interval specified, the time-out handler will be invoked.

Applies to

See also