Retreiving a list of available SQL Servers in a new thread.

Here is a sample of threading
http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/threads/

System.Threading.Thread.Start
(
new ThreadStart
(delegate
{
DataTable dt = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(false);
ListServers.DisplayMember = "name";
ListServers.ValueMember = "name";
ListServers.DataSource = dt.DefaultView;
 
}
));

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From The Web page....

using System;
using System.Threading;

public class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        ThreadStart job = new ThreadStart(ThreadJob);
        Thread thread = new Thread(job);
        thread.Start();
       
        for (int i=0; i < 5; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine ("Main thread: {0}", i);
            Thread.Sleep(1000);
        }
    }
   
    static void ThreadJob()
    {
        DataTable dt = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(false);
ListServers.DisplayMember = "name";
ListServers.ValueMember = "name";
ListServers.DataSource = dt.DefaultView;
    }
}

@gauthampj

It compiles and runs but the combo box never gets populated

System.Threading.Thread.Start
(
new ThreadStart
(delegate
{
DataTable dt = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(false);
ListServers.Invoke(new ThreadStart(delegate
{
ListServers.DisplayMember = "name";
ListServers.ValueMember = "name";
ListServers.DataSource = dt.DefaultView;
}),null);
}
));

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I get the following error:

An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'System.Threading.Thread.Start(object)'

public partial class FormSQLServerList : Form
{
    public FormSQLServerList()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    private void FormSQLServerList_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        System.Threading.Thread.Start
        (
        new ThreadStart
        (delegate
        {
            DataTable dt = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(false);
            ListAvailableSQLServers.Invoke(new ThreadStart(delegate
            {
                ListAvailableSQLServers.DisplayMember = "name";
                ListAvailableSQLServers.ValueMember = "name";
                ListAvailableSQLServers.DataSource = dt.DefaultView;
            }), null);
        }
        ));
    }
}

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Excellent!  Thanks for all the help!