CloudBlockBlob.StartCopyFromBlobAsync Method (Uri, CancellationToken)

Article
05/14/2014

Initiates an asynchronous operation to start copying another block blob's contents, properties, and metadata to this block blob.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DoesServiceRequestAttribute> _
Public Function StartCopyFromBlobAsync ( _
    source As Uri, _
    cancellationToken As CancellationToken _
) As Task(Of String)

[DoesServiceRequestAttribute] 
public Task<string> StartCopyFromBlobAsync (
    Uri source,
    CancellationToken cancellationToken
)

[DoesServiceRequestAttribute] 
public:
virtual Task<String^>^ StartCopyFromBlobAsync (
    Uri^ source, 
    CancellationToken cancellationToken
) sealed

Parameters

source
The Uri of the source blob.

cancellationToken
A CancellationToken to observe while waiting for a task to complete.

Return Value

A Task object of type string that represents the asynchronous operation.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008