Threads, forms, and controls

[Jon Slaughter]

Is this scenario possible?

One has a form, a thread and a control. The thread adds a control to the
form. The form adds handlers to every control added but because the control
is in a different thread the handler might cause an exception.

If this is possible how to I prevent it from happening?

in my form I do

this.ControlRemoved += new
System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventHandler(this.Control_Removed);

this.ControlAdded += new
System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventHandler(this.Control_Added);



private void Control_Added(object sender,
System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventArgs e)

{

e.Control.LostFocus += new EventHandler(Control_LostFocus);

e.Control.MouseEnter += new EventHandler(Control_MouseEnter);

e.Control.MouseLeave += new EventHandler(Control_MouseLeave);

}

private void Control_Removed(object sender,
System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventArgs e)

{

e.Control.LostFocus -= new EventHandler(Control_LostFocus);

e.Control.MouseEnter -= new EventHandler(Control_MouseEnter);

e.Control.MouseLeave -= new EventHandler(Control_MouseLeave);

}





and I'm worried that it could cause issues ;/



Thanks,

Jon

 

[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

Is this scenario possible?

One has a form, a thread and a control. The thread adds a control to the
form. The form adds handlers to every control added but because the control
is in a different thread the handler might cause an exception.

You cannot modify the UI elements from another thread than the UI
thread. To pass events to the UI thread from another thread, you must
use the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Invoke method.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.invoke.aspx

To check if you need Invoke or not, use the Control.InvokeRequired property.

HTH
Laurent

 

[Jon Slaughter]

Hi,



You cannot modify the UI elements from another thread than the UI thread.
To pass events to the UI thread from another thread, you must use the
System.Windows.Forms.Control.Invoke method.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.invoke.aspx

To check if you need Invoke or not, use the Control.InvokeRequired
property.

ok, thanks. This means I don't have to worry about that case.

Jon