asyncculture1.cs

// <Snippet5>
// <Snippet1>
using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Runtime.Versioning;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

[assembly:TargetFramework(".NETFramework,Version=v4.6")]

public class Example
{
   
   public static void Main()
   {
       decimal[] values = { 163025412.32m, 18905365.59m };
       string formatString = "C2";
       Func<String> formatDelegate = () => { string output = String.Format("Formatting using the {0} culture on thread {1}.\n",
                                                                           CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name,
                                                                           Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId);
                                             foreach (var value in values)
                                                output += String.Format("{0}   ", value.ToString(formatString));
                                                   
                                             output += Environment.NewLine;
                                             return output;
                                           };
       
       Console.WriteLine("The example is running on thread {0}", 
                         Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId);
       // Make the current culture different from the system culture.
       Console.WriteLine("The current culture is {0}", 
                         CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);
       if (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name == "fr-FR")
          Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
       else
          Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");

       Console.WriteLine("Changed the current culture to {0}.\n",
                         CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);
       
       // Execute the delegate synchronously.
       Console.WriteLine("Executing the delegate synchronously:");
       Console.WriteLine(formatDelegate());
       
       // Call an async delegate to format the values using one format string.
       Console.WriteLine("Executing a task asynchronously:"); 
       var t1 = Task.Run(formatDelegate);
       Console.WriteLine(t1.Result);
       
       Console.WriteLine("Executing a task synchronously:");
       var t2 = new Task<String>(formatDelegate); 
       t2.RunSynchronously();
       Console.WriteLine(t2.Result);
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//         The example is running on thread 1
//         The current culture is en-US
//         Changed the current culture to fr-FR.
//
//         Executing the delegate synchronously:
//         Formatting using the fr-FR culture on thread 1.
//         163 025 412,32 €   18 905 365,59 €
//
//         Executing a task asynchronously:
//         Formatting using the fr-FR culture on thread 3.
//         163 025 412,32 €   18 905 365,59 €
//
//         Executing a task synchronously:
//         Formatting using the fr-FR culture on thread 1.
//         163 025 412,32 €   18 905 365,59 €
// </Snippet1>
// If the TargetFrameworkAttribute statement is removed, the example
// displays the following output:
//          The example is running on thread 1
//          The current culture is en-US
//          Changed the current culture to fr-FR.
//
//          Executing the delegate synchronously:
//          Formatting using the fr-FR culture on thread 1.
//          163 025 412,32 ?   18 905 365,59 ?
//
//          Executing a task asynchronously:
//          Formatting using the en-US culture on thread 3.
//          $163,025,412.32   $18,905,365.59
//
//          Executing a task synchronously:
//          Formatting using the fr-FR culture on thread 1.
//          163 025 412,32 ?   18 905 365,59 ?
// </Snippet5>