I have this sample code for async operations (copied from the interwebs)

public class LongRunningTask
{
    public LongRunningTask()
    { 
    //do nowt
    }
    public int FetchInt()
    {
        Thread.Sleep(2000);        
        return 5;
    }
}

public delegate TOutput SomeMethod<TOutput>();
public class GoodPerformance
{
    public void BeginFetchInt()
    {
        LongRunningTask lr = new LongRunningTask();
        SomeMethod<int> method = new SomeMethod<int>(lr.FetchInt);

        // method is state object used to transfer result
        //of long running operation
        method.BeginInvoke(EndFetchInt, method);

    }

    public void EndFetchInt(IAsyncResult result)
    {        
        SomeMethod<int> method = result.AsyncState as SomeMethod<int>;        
        Value = method.EndInvoke(result);

    }
    public int Value { get; set; }
}

Other async approaches I tried required the aysnc page attribute, they also seemed to cancel if other page elements where actioned on (a button clicked), this approach just seemed to work.

I’d like to add a cancel ability and exception handling for the longRunningTask class, but don’t erm, really know how.