ASP.NET Web窗体中的后台进程

Question

Let's say I want to make an application that can receive connections from Socket (not page requests) clients on one socket, and simultaneously serve web forms on another socket, telling the user, for example, how many clients have connected using the other (Socket) interface. This is only loosely similar to what I'm trying to do, so don't worry if it seems nonsensical!

So, is it possible to have the server in an ASP.NET Web Forms application run another thread dealing with other things, while the web server serves the pages? Is there a recommended way of doing this, or does it need to be a bit of a hack?

Edit: Don't worry, I switched to MVC 4, and am now using the App_Start method of starting the thread. As it doesn't matter if the thread is aborted, as long as it restarts, this is a suitable fix.

Thanks for all the help anyway though, hnefatl

Answer 1

You could try using the async feature in .NET 4.5, mentioned here . Basically, have a method with the "async" keyword defined, such as:

public async Task DoThis();

Register the async task:

RegisterAsyncTask(new PageAsyncTask(DoThis));

Mark your page header as Async="true"

<%@ Page Title="Async" Language="C#" CodeBehind="Page.aspx.cs" 
       Inherits="Whatever" Async="true" %>