SignalR- send data to a specific client - asp.net-mvc

Question

I want to send data to a specific client. to do that I am trying with the following;
public Task GetWaitingOrdersCount(string id, string clientId)
{
DateTime today = Util.getCurrentDateTime();
var data = 10
return Clients.Client(Context.ConnectionId).loadOrders(data);
//return data;
}
In the above code, I want to send 'data' to the 'clientId' passed to this method.
BUT I m having an error in this line
return Clients.Client(Context.ConnectionId).loadOrders(data);
And the error is
'System.Threading.Tasks.Task<object>' does not contain a definition for 'loadOrders'
the client side code
con.loadOrders = function (data) {
loadOrders(data);
};
function loadOrders(data) {
$('#totalOrders').html(data);
}
Any help about the error???
EDIT:
This is my full client code..
<script type="text/javascript">
var con;
$(document).ready(function () {
con = $.connection.messagingHub;
$.connection.hub.start(function () {
var myClientId = $.connection.hub.id;
con.getWaitingOrdersCount('<%:ViewBag.rid%>',myClientId).done(function (data) {
console.log(data);
});
});
con.client.loadOrders = function (data) {
loadOrders(data);
};
});
function loadOrders(data) {
$('#totalOrders').html(data);

Answer 1

I just tried out your code (slightly modified) and it works fine for me. What version of SignalR are you using? Judging by your server code I'd say 1.0Alpha1+ but your client code looks more like 0.5.3, that is unless your con object is assigned to $.connection.yourhub.client;
If you update to SignalR 1.0Alpha2 and change your client code to be:
var con = $.connection.myCon;// This is arbitrary and would change based on your naming
con.client.loadOrders = function (data) {
loadOrders(data);
};
function loadOrders(data) {
$('#totalOrders').html(data);
}
That being said I believe your issue has to do with the version of SignalR you are using, server side that is: since you're receiving a task oriented error. Another piece of information that might be beneficial would be to know how GetWaitingOrdersCount is being called. Aka is it being invoked from the client directly via: con.server.getWaitingOrdersCount or is it being called from within the hub.
Hope this info helps!