BackgroundWorker.WorkerSupportsCancellation Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the BackgroundWorker supports asynchronous cancellation.

C#
public bool WorkerSupportsCancellation { get; set; }

Property Value

true if the BackgroundWorker supports cancellation; otherwise false. The default is false.

Remarks

Set the WorkerSupportsCancellation property to true if you want the BackgroundWorker to support cancellation. When this property is true, you can call the CancelAsync method to interrupt a background operation.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

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