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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T18:33:16+00:00 2026-05-11T18:33:16+00:00

I have a windows form on the main thread and another thread that does

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I have a windows form on the main thread and another thread that does some calculations. I’d like to update the status bar on my form from the work being done in the other thread. What’s the best way to do this?

So far everything I’ve tried just makes things run really slowly. I’m using Visual Studio 2005.

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    2026-05-11T18:33:16+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 6:33 pm

    Make sure that you only update the user interface from the main thread or else you will have problems. You can switch your thread context by calling Invoke. There’s a good post here on that.

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