How to cancel the downloading file using webclient?

Question

Here's my code to download the file.

WebClient client=new WebClient()
    public void DownloadFile()
    {
                Uri uri = new Uri(url);
                client.DownloadProgressChanged += new DownloadProgressChangedEventHandler(DownloadProgressChanged);

                client.DownloadFileAsync(uri, fileName);

    }

Here's my code to cancel the downloading file.

public void CancelDownloadingFile()
{
      client.CancelAsync();
      client.Dispose();
}

But when i call the CancelDownloadingFile() method it does nothing. The File keeps downloading in the background. Any suggestions is appreciated. Thanks.

score -2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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You can achieve this using CancellationToken

CancellationTokenSource cts; // write this on top of your class

public void CancelDownloadingFile()
{
      if (cts != null)
    {
        cts.Cancel();
    }
}

Source : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/jj155759.aspx

possible duplicate : How to cancel an asynchronous call?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Sep 03 '15 at 05:10

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Downvoted because this doesn't actually answer OP's question, which is how to cancel a WebRequest.DownloadFileAsync call. – Walt D Nov 12 '19 at 19:00

How to cancel the downloading file using webclient?

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