CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
Kevin
Kevin

Reputation:

Why is execution stopping in the middle of a method?

The following method is fired when a CD is inserted or ejected.

The problematic code is noted below.

Everything here is based on stepping through the code with breakpoints.

 public void CDREventArrived(object sender, EventArrivedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Get the Event object and display it
        PropertyData pd = e.NewEvent.Properties["TargetInstance"];

        if (pd != null)
        {
            ManagementBaseObject mbo = pd.Value as ManagementBaseObject;

            if (mbo.Properties["VolumeName"].Value != null)
            {
                //This line is executed.
                textBox1.Text = "test";

                //This line is not executed.  
                //While stepping through the execution, 
                //I hit F11 on the line above,   
                //hoping to get to this next line, but it never happens. 
                //The form pops back up and the step through is complete.
                label1.Text = "test";
            }
            else
            {
                //Same problem here.  Only the first line is hit.
                textBox1.Text = "test";
                label1.Text = "test";
            }
        }
    }

A related problem is that while it does hit the code to change the text property of textBox1, the text is not actually changed. I can see this on the form and while stepping through breakpoints. So it appears it hits the code, but never actually executes. I'm wondering why it doesn't continue to all the code in the given conditional.

Here is the code which sets up the delegate. This method is called on FormLoad. I stop the listener on form exit.

private void CreateCDRomListener()
    {
        WqlEventQuery q;
        ManagementOperationObserver observer = new
            ManagementOperationObserver();

        // Bind to local machine
        ConnectionOptions opt = new ConnectionOptions();
        opt.EnablePrivileges = true; //sets required privilege
        ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("root\\CIMV2", opt);

        try
        {
            q = new WqlEventQuery();
            q.EventClassName = "__InstanceModificationEvent";
            q.WithinInterval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1);

            // DriveType - 5: CDROM
            q.Condition = @"TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_LogicalDisk' and TargetInstance.DriveType = 5";
            w = new ManagementEventWatcher(scope, q);

            // register async. event handler
            w.EventArrived += CDREventArrived;
            w.Start();

            // Do something usefull,block thread for testing
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);

        }
        finally
        {
        }
    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 278

Answers (3)

Freddy
Freddy

Reputation: 3274

I think an exception is being triggered at some point.
I would probably put a try/catch in that code to see if something is triggering an exception.

Upvotes: 2

Sam Harwell
Sam Harwell

Reputation: 99869

My first guess is this callback occurs on a thread that is not the UI thread. Try this:

if (InvokeRequired)
{
    Invoke(() => textBox1.Text = "test");
}
else
{
    textBox1.Text = "test";
}

Upvotes: 4

Amber
Amber

Reputation: 526603

Is there some event handler for the textbox that's being fired when you attempt to change its Text property that is dumping out early?

Upvotes: 0

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