Convert Identity Manager Scripting to Async. (4321047)

Customization code often uses product DLLs, in which sometimes only asynchronous method calls are possible.

These calls have several problems:

1.) Scripts (DialogScript, but also all other VB.NET code snippets, cannot be defined as asynchronous methods.

2.) Async/wait is not supported by the designer/code editor/intellisense (compile works)

An enhancement request (#31157) has been created.

WORKAROUND

The asynchronous function can simply be waited for synchronously via .Result or .Wait(). However, care must be taken that a ConfigureAwait(false) is appended to each await, otherwise there will be deadlocks in the frontends.

So instead of:

Dim result = Await AsyncFunction()

must be written:

Dim result = Await AsyncFunction().ConfigureAwait(False)

The synchronous variant:

Dim result = AsyncFunction().Result

STATUS

The product team will evaluate the request and this feature may become available in a future release of the product.