reading a function issue

Question

Hi,

I am trying to hack some code together from google in a win store app project.  NB I am just starting on store apps.

How do I read the below function...i call it using the below code into a 'task' but am unsure how to read the results of taskk.

         Dim taskk As Task(Of IEnumerable(Of String))
        Dim k2 As IMobileServiceTable(Of Item) = App.tester3Client.GetTable(Of Item)()
        taskk = ReadingByColumn(k2, "test name2")

    Private Function ReadingByColumn(table As IMobileServiceTable(Of Item), namek As String) As Task(Of IEnumerable(Of String))
        Return table.Where(Function(i) i.LastNameK = namek).[Select](Function(i) i.LastNameK).ToEnumerableAsync()
    End Function

Answer 1

You call an asynchronous function which returns a Task with the Await keyword:

Dim stringList as IEnumerable(OfString)
stringList = Await ReadingByColumnAsync(k2,"test name2")

The convention is that functions which return tasks should have names ending in "Async" so it's clear what they do.

See Quickstart: Calling asynchronous APIs in  C# or Visual Basic for more detail.

--Rob

Answer 2

that was what I was missing...cheers for that.