using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace CrossThreadDemo
{
public class Form1 : Form
{
// This delegate enables asynchronous calls for setting
// the text property on a TextBox control.
delegate void SetTextCallback(string text);
// This thread is used to demonstrate both thread-safe and
// unsafe ways to call a Windows Forms control.
private Thread demoThread = null;
// This BackgroundWorker is used to demonstrate the 
// preferred way of performing asynchronous operations.
private BackgroundWorker backgroundWorker1;
private TextBox textBox1;
private Button setTextUnsafeBtn;
private Button setTextSafeBtn;
private Button setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn;
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
// This event handler creates a thread that calls a 
// Windows Forms control in an unsafe way.
private void setTextUnsafeBtn_Click(
object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
this.demoThread =
new Thread(new ThreadStart(this.ThreadProcUnsafe));
this.demoThread.Start();
}
// This method is executed on the worker thread and makes
// an unsafe call on the TextBox control.
private void ThreadProcUnsafe()
{
this.textBox1.Text = "This text was set unsafely.";
}
// This event handler creates a thread that calls a 
// Windows Forms control in a thread-safe way.
private void setTextSafeBtn_Click(
object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
this.demoThread =
new Thread(new ThreadStart(this.ThreadProcSafe));
this.demoThread.Start();
}
// This method is executed on the worker thread and makes
// a thread-safe call on the TextBox control.
private void ThreadProcSafe()
{
this.SetText("This text was set safely.");
}
// This method demonstrates a pattern for making thread-safe
// calls on a Windows Forms control. 
//
// If the calling thread is different from the thread that
// created the TextBox control, this method creates a
// SetTextCallback and calls itself asynchronously using the
// Invoke method.
//
// If the calling thread is the same as the thread that created
// the TextBox control, the Text property is set directly. 
private void SetText(string text)
{
// InvokeRequired required compares the thread ID of the
// calling thread to the thread ID of the creating thread.
// If these threads are different, it returns true.
if (this.textBox1.InvokeRequired)
{
SetTextCallback d = new SetTextCallback(SetText);
this.Invoke(d, new object[] { text });
}
else
{
this.textBox1.Text = text;
}
}
// This event handler starts the form's 
// BackgroundWorker by calling RunWorkerAsync.
//
// The Text property of the TextBox control is set
// when the BackgroundWorker raises the RunWorkerCompleted
// event.
private void setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn_Click(
object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
this.backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync();
}
// This event handler sets the Text property of the TextBox
// control. It is called on the thread that created the 
// TextBox control, so the call is thread-safe.
//
// BackgroundWorker is the preferred way to perform asynchronous
// operations.
private void backgroundWorker1_RunWorkerCompleted(
object sender,
RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
this.textBox1.Text =
"This text was set safely by BackgroundWorker.";
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.setTextUnsafeBtn = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.setTextSafeBtn = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.backgroundWorker1 = new System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker();
this.SuspendLayout();
// 
// textBox1
// 
this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(240, 20);
this.textBox1.TabIndex = 0;
// 
// setTextUnsafeBtn
// 
this.setTextUnsafeBtn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(15, 55);
this.setTextUnsafeBtn.Name = "setTextUnsafeBtn";
this.setTextUnsafeBtn.TabIndex = 1;
this.setTextUnsafeBtn.Text = "Unsafe Call";
this.setTextUnsafeBtn.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.setTextUnsafeBtn_Click);
// 
// setTextSafeBtn
// 
this.setTextSafeBtn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(96, 55);
this.setTextSafeBtn.Name = "setTextSafeBtn";
this.setTextSafeBtn.TabIndex = 2;
this.setTextSafeBtn.Text = "Safe Call";
this.setTextSafeBtn.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.setTextSafeBtn_Click);
// 
// setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn
// 
this.setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(177, 55);
this.setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn.Name = "setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn";
this.setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn.TabIndex = 3;
this.setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn.Text = "Safe BW Call";
this.setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn_Click);
// 
// backgroundWorker1
// 
this.backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerCompleted += new System.ComponentModel.RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(this.backgroundWorker1_RunWorkerCompleted);
// 
// Form1
// 
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(268, 96);
this.Controls.Add(this.setTextBackgroundWorkerBtn);
this.Controls.Add(this.setTextSafeBtn);
this.Controls.Add(this.setTextUnsafeBtn);
this.Controls.Add(this.textBox1);
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Form1";
this.ResumeLayout(false);
this.PerformLayout();
}
#endregion
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
}
}