title: Using CreateFileAsync On Windows 8
body: <p>I am trying to save some simple data in my C# Windows 8 application, however, I can't seem to get any of the async file operations to work.</p>
  
  <p>I can write:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(...);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>however, if I add an await command in front of that and attempt to convert it into the form:</p>
  
  <pre><code>StorageFile file = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(...);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I start getting compiler errors. Specifically that that await operator can only be used with async operations. Since the operation is async I'm a bit confused.</p>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong?</p>