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

Question

I am trying to read a combobox.Text from a thread other than the thread it was created on but I am getting the error:

An unhandled exception of type

Answer 1

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.