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Dynamically Create Controls on a Windows Form in an Event
I have an event which fires any time something is added to a collection. On that event, I want to create a new control and add it to my form. However, when I try an exception is thrown stating
"Controls created on one thread cannot be parented to a control on a different thread."
Anybody know any workarounds or other ways to create these controls dynamically?
"Controls created on one thread cannot be parented to a control on a different thread."
Anybody know any workarounds or other ways to create these controls dynamically?
ASKER
I'm building a web-activity driven app. When the application starts up, a socket is opened to a server. That socket connection is kept open and any time the server data changes, the changes are pushed down that socket to the client.
The client has a thread which watches that socket connection. Whenever new data comes in, that thread fires an event. I want an event listener on that event to generate a set of controls that the user can manipulate on the form.
The architecture is set this way because everything is very time critical. I expect to have 500 users connected to single machines in a small server farm (~5 machines). An outside party will send their data to a central server. From there it needs to be routed to one of the farm servers which needs to route it to an individual user. The user's machines then needs to send back an acceptance which needs to be routed all the way back up to the outside party. The whole thing needs a round trip of less than 1/4 second. We're hoping for around 1/10 of a second with at least 100 messages/second handled by the farm servers collectively.
The client has a thread which watches that socket connection. Whenever new data comes in, that thread fires an event. I want an event listener on that event to generate a set of controls that the user can manipulate on the form.
The architecture is set this way because everything is very time critical. I expect to have 500 users connected to single machines in a small server farm (~5 machines). An outside party will send their data to a central server. From there it needs to be routed to one of the farm servers which needs to route it to an individual user. The user's machines then needs to send back an acceptance which needs to be routed all the way back up to the outside party. The whole thing needs a round trip of less than 1/4 second. We're hoping for around 1/10 of a second with at least 100 messages/second handled by the farm servers collectively.
ASKER
I found the solution.
You can call Invoke() on any control (including the form) and pass it a delegate with a list of arguments. The delegate is then run on the control's thread.
Yay
You can call Invoke() on any control (including the form) and pass it a delegate with a list of arguments. The delegate is then run on the control's thread.
Yay
Wow, sounds like quite the application... If my input helped in the solution please award points. Thanks!
For those that might not get what he's saying, here is an example
// Variable declaration
public delegate void functionDelegate( string arg );
public functionDelegate function;
// Initializing the delegate int he initialization section
function = new functionDelegate( this.functionToCall );
// Then when the event is raized you call it like this.
Form1.Invoke( this.function, new obj[] { someString } );
You have you pass the arguments of the function as an object array.
// Variable declaration
public delegate void functionDelegate( string arg );
public functionDelegate function;
// Initializing the delegate int he initialization section
function = new functionDelegate( this.functionToCall );
// Then when the event is raized you call it like this.
Form1.Invoke( this.function, new obj[] { someString } );
You have you pass the arguments of the function as an object array.
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Maybe explain a little more what you are trying to do and why your event is not part of the windows messaging thread?