How to read combobox from a thread other than the thread it was created on?

You can do it like this:

this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)delegate()    {        text = combobox.Text;    });

c# multithreading thread-safety invoke

You can still use Invoke and read it to a local variable.

Something like this:

string text;this.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate() { text = combobox.Text; }));

Since Invoke is synchronous you have the guarantee that text variable will contain the value of the combo box text after it returns.

c# multithreading thread-safety invoke

Shortest way is:

string text;this.Invoke(() => text = combobox.Text);

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