Alternative to Thread.Sleep in catch?

Question

Is there any other way to make the code wait than using Thread.Sleep in catch, because Thread.Sleep disturbs other objects on my form. Here is what I'm trying to do:
Try{
//do something
catch
// wait 10 seconds
//retry

Answer 1

Timers are a bit of a nuisance what with keeping your form in memory even when you try and dispose the things.
You could push the thing you're doing onto another thread.
Use async await.
You could then use Task.Delay.
A very simplified example:
private async void Button_Click1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
await Task.Delay(2000);
// Do something
Because that's an async method processing returns to the caller when it hits the await.
That then pauses 2 seconds without impinging on your UI thread.
Before the separate thread continues with the code after your await.
You could put your try catch into a method like that and it'd do what you want without a timer.
10 seconds seems a bit of a short time by the way.
Hope that helps.
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