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IHostTask::Alert Method

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Requests that the host wake the task represented by the current IHostTask instance, so the task can be aborted.

Syntax

HRESULT Alert ();

Return Value

HRESULT Description
S_OK The method returned successfully.
HOST_E_CLRNOTAVAILABLE The common language runtime (CLR) has not been loaded into a process, or the CLR is in a state in which it cannot run managed code or process the call successfully.
HOST_E_TIMEOUT The call timed out.
HOST_E_NOT_OWNER The caller does not own the lock.
HOST_E_ABANDONED An event was canceled while a blocked thread or fiber was waiting on it.
E_FAIL An unknown catastrophic failure occurred. When a method returns E_FAIL, the CLR is no longer usable within the process. Subsequent calls to hosting methods return HOST_E_CLRNOTAVAILABLE.

Remarks

The CLR calls the Alert method when Thread.Abort is called from user code, or when the AppDomain associated with the current Thread shuts down. The host must return immediately, because the call is made asynchronously. If the host cannot alert the task immediately, it must wake up the next time it enters a state in which it can be alerted.

Note

Alert affects only those tasks to which the runtime has passed a WAIT_OPTION value of WAIT_ALERTABLE to methods such as Join.

Requirements

Platforms: See System Requirements.

Header: MSCorEE.h

Library: Included as a resource in MSCorEE.dll

.NET Framework Versions: Available since 2.0

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