C# Can I add values to a listbox with a backgroundwork thread?

Question

I want my background worker to add items to a list box, it appears to do so when debugging but the listbox doesn\'t show the values. I suspect this is something to do with a

Answer 1

if you are trying to update a database. From a listbox i would suggest creating a dataset.

for instance, if your doing something for each item in a database. Copy the database dataset, by creating new dataset and declaring by mainDataset.

for example: // the gridview dataset is dataset1

BackgroundWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkArgs e)
{
     Dataset dataset2 = dataset1;
     foreach(DataGridViewRow row in GridView)
     {
         //do some work
         dataset2.Main.AddMainRow(values to add);
         dataset2.AcceptChanges();
     }
}


BackgroundWorker_WorkCompleted(object sender, DoWorkArgs e)
{
    //Forces UI thread to valitdate dataset
    dataset2.update();

    // Sets file Path
    string FilePath = "Some Path to file";

    dataset2.writexml(FilePath, XmlWriteOptions.WriteSchema);

    //if you use xml to fill your dataset filepath to write should equal path to dataset1 xml
    dataset1.Refresh();
}