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

The easiest solution is to use the BackgroundWorker class to execute work on another thread, while still being able to update the UI (e.g. when reporting progress or when the task has completed).