Invoke(Delegate)

Question

Can anybody please explain this statement written on this link

Invoke(Delegate):

Executes the specified delegate on the thread that owns th

Answer 1

Delegate are essentially inline Action's or Func. You can declare a delegate outside the scope of a method which you are running or using a lambda expression(=>); because you run the delegate within a method, you run it on the thread which is being run for the current window/application which is the bit in bold.

Lambda example

int AddFiveToNumber(int number)
{
  var d = (int i => i + 5);
  d.Invoke(number);
}