Thread can't see my components.

[Craig Kenisston]

I'm trying to create a simple one-form application that reads information
from a database in a thread.
Everything runs fine, statements executes ok, but I want to add some of the
returning information into listBoxes in my form.

Following Microsoft's sample, I created a couple of static methods in my
form class.
I get the error :

'ThreadDmo.Form1.listBox1' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected

How do I "connect" the thread static method with my form, so I can interact
with my components ?

Or should I change my static methods for instance methods ? I got lots of
other erros in my attemp to do that.


Regards,

 

[Miha Markic [MVP C#]]

Hi Craig,

You should never touch UI from within non UI thread.
Read the excellent article Safe, Simple Multithreading in Windows Forms,
Part 3:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnforms/html/winforms01232003.asp