I got this error when trying to update an image. It was a cross-thread update, but I used .Invoke(), so that shouldn’t be the problem, should it.
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I got this error when trying to update an image. It was a cross-thread update, but I used .Invoke(), so that shouldn’t be the problem, should it.
(Answering my own question, for others, and for future reference)
I think (not yet entirely sure) that this is because InvokeRequired will always return false if the control has not yet been loaded/shown. I have done a workaround which seems to work for the moment, which is to simple reference the handle of the associated control in its creator, like so:
(See http://ikriv.com:8765/en/prog/info/dotnet/MysteriousHang.html – down? cached version)
(Related question: Boiler plate code replacement – is there anything bad about this code?)