So Windows Server Service Pack 2 is out now. One of the new features it includes is Asynchronous UI. It sounds intriguing but what is it?
If you are creating a Microsoft® Windows® Forms application, and have an object with methods that may take some time to execute, you may want to consider writing an asynchronous API. Say, for instance, you have an object that downloads large files from a remote location. Without an asynchronous API, a client’s UI would freeze for the duration of the call. With an asynchronous UI, the client’s UI would not freeze. You could even construct the asynchronous API in such as way as to give progress updates to the caller, and give the client the opportunity cancel the call. Few situations are as frustrating as a frozen UI that can only be cancelled by resorting to Task Manager.
Programmers will have to write this into their applications but it sounds promising.
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