Awaiting Asynchronous function inside FormClosing Event

Question

I\'m having a problem where I cannot await an asynchronous function inside of the FormClosing event which will determine whether the form close should continue. I have crea

Answer 1

I had a similar issue when I tried to handle all of the close event async. I believe it is because there is nothing to block the main thread from moving forward with the actual FormClosingEvents. Just put some inline code after the await and it solves the problem. In my case I save the current state no matter the response (while waiting for the response). You could easily have the task return a current state ready to be saved appropriately once the user responds.

This worked for me: Spin off task, ask exit confirmation, await task, some inline code.

    Task myNewTask = SaveMyCurrentStateTask();  //This takes a little while so I want it async in the background

    DialogResult exitResponse = MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to Exit MYAPPNAME? ", "Exit Application?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button2);

            await myNewTask;

            if (exitResponse == DialogResult.Yes)
            {
                e.Cancel = false;
            }
            else
            {
                e.Cancel = true;
            }