multithread with access to "shared" listbox

Question

the problem is simple I have GUI c#/xaml app and I want to run GUI in one thread and some method ( infinite loop ) in another thread. And I need to modify element in GUI ( listbox ) from second thread. I tried create global variable and some other tips from web, but nothing run well.

now I have something like:

public delegate void InvokeDelegate(listdata Mujlist);
//in global scope
// and in Window class
public void UpdateList(listdata Mujlist)
{
    mujlistbox.DataContext = Mujlist;
}
// and in the second thread this
object[] obj = new object[1];
obj[0] = Mujlist;
mujlistbox.BeginInvoke(new InvokeDelegate(UpdateList), obj);

this maybe do a job well, BUT I can't try this, because VS 2010 find error

Error 1 'System.Windows.Controls.ListBox' does not contain a definition for 'BeginInvoke' and no extension method 'BeginInvoke' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Windows.Controls.ListBox' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)   D:\..\MainWindows.xaml.cs 85 28 WPFChat

BUT System.Windows.Forms have this method, so I am confused with this.

So, question is How can I simply update a listbox in "GUI thread" from child thread?

Where do I mistakes? Is there better way how do this? How?

Answer 1

With WPF, you need to use the Dispatcher.BeginInvoke method.

While ListBox is a UIElement, which doesn't contain a BeginInvoke method, it does derive from DispatcherObject. As such, it has a Dispatcher property you can use to get access to the Dispatcher:

mujlistbox.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new InvokeDelegate(UpdateList), obj);

Answer 2

Use a BackGroundWorker and implement your long running operation in BackGroundWorker.DoWork method. Add a handler for progress reporting and update your UI from the progress event. Much simpler.

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