TaskCreationOptions Enumeration

Microsoft Silverlight will reach end of support after October 2021. Learn more.

Specifies flags that control optional behavior for the creation and execution of tasks.

This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.

Namespace: System.Threading.Tasks
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<FlagsAttribute> _
Public Enumeration TaskCreationOptions

[FlagsAttribute]
public enum TaskCreationOptions

	Member name	Description
	None	Specifies that the default behavior should be used.
	PreferFairness	A hint to a TaskScheduler to schedule a task in as fair a manner as possible, meaning that tasks scheduled sooner will be more likely to be run sooner, and tasks scheduled later will be more likely to be run later.
	LongRunning	Specifies that a task will be a long-running, coarse-grained operation. It provides a hint to the TaskScheduler that oversubscription may be warranted.
	AttachedToParent	Specifies that a task is attached to a parent in the task hierarchy.

Supported in: 5

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.