Solve a cross-threading Exception in WinForms

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When making method calls to a control, if the caller is on a different thread than the one the control was created on, you need to call using Control.Invoke. Here is a code sample:

// you can define a delegate with the signature you want
public delegate void UpdateControlsDelegate();

public void SomeMethod()
{
    //this method is executed by the background worker
    InvokeUpdateControls();
}

public void InvokeUpdateControls()
{
    if (this.InvokeRequired)
    {
        this.Invoke(new UpdateControlsDelegate(UpdateControls));
    }
    else
    {
        UpdateControls();
    }
}

private void UpdateControls()
{
    // update your controls here
}

Hope it helps.

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