Does anyone have a link to a learning resource for using Invoke?
I'm trying to learn but all the examples I have seen I have been unable to adapt for my purposes.
Does anyone have a link to a learning resource for using Invoke?
I'm trying to learn but all the examples I have seen I have been unable to adapt for my purposes.
Did you try MSDN Control.Invoke
I just wrote a little WinForm application to demonstrate Control.Invoke. When the form is created, Start some work on background thread. After that work is done, Update the status in a label.
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
//Do some work on a new thread
Thread backgroundThread = new Thread(BackgroundWork);
backgroundThread.Start();
}
private void BackgroundWork()
{
int counter = 0;
while (counter < 5)
{
counter++;
Thread.Sleep(50);
}
DoWorkOnUI();
}
private void DoWorkOnUI()
{
MethodInvoker methodInvokerDelegate = delegate()
{ label1.Text = "Updated From UI"; };
//This will be true if Current thread is not UI thread.
if (this.InvokeRequired)
this.Invoke(methodInvokerDelegate);
else
methodInvokerDelegate();
}