Remoting and using the Invoke method to modify a form object

[boxim]

hi all,

I'm having a few problems whereby my application is hanging when using the
Invoke method of a form's control.

Basically, when a user clicks a button on the form, it calls a remote
function, which in turn fires an event that is caught by the form.
The form then need to add a value passed in the event to a form object,
however, when using the Invoke method, it just hangs.

Here's a snippet of the code;

public void NotifyUserAdded (string username)
{
TreeNodeCollect ion treeNodeCollect ion = treeMachines.No des[0].Nodes;
TreeNode treeNodeParent = treeMachines.No des[0];

AddDelegate addDelegate = new AddDelegate(tre eNodeCollection .Add);
ExpandDelegate expandNodeDeleg ate = new
ExpandDelegate( treeNodeParent. Expand);

treeMachines.In voke(addDelegat e, new object[] {new
TreeNode(userna me,0,0)});
treeMachines.In voke(expandNode Delegate);

}

the two delegates are obviously previously defined.
delegate int AddDelegate(Tre eNode treeNode);
delegate void ExpandDelegate( );

Sometimes it works, but it's very slow. If i take the invoke out and use
the Node.Add method, it works... but obviously not correctly - as 50% of the
time it throws the "must use invoke" exception.

Any ideas?

TIA

Sam Martin

[Bruce Brown]

Hi,

If I read this correctly the NotifyUserAdded is the event that is
triggered by the remote call. This means the event will be called on a
thread which is not the UI thread (the thread on which the control/component
was constructed). Any calls to UI objects may hang if they are made in a
thread which is not the UI thread. It may also be that because you have
used Invoke which blocks and not BeginInvoke which does not.

I would suggest a slightly different model:

public delegate void NotifyUserAdded EventHandler( string username );
public void NotifyUserAdded ( string username )
{
if( this.InvokeRequ ired == true )
{
// From memory so this may be wrong syntax!.
this.BeginInvok e( new NotifyUserAdded EventHandler(
this.NotifyUser Added ), new object[] { username } );
}
else
{
// Do your UI stuff here without any need to invoke - just as
normal.
}
}

Of course this is just one way of doing things. Hopefully this will solve
your hanging issue.

Regards,

- Bruce.


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hi all,

I'm having a few problems whereby my application is hanging when using the
Invoke method of a form's control.

Basically, when a user clicks a button on the form, it calls a remote
function, which in turn fires an event that is caught by the form.
The form then need to add a value passed in the event to a form object,
however, when using the Invoke method, it just hangs.

Here's a snippet of the code;

public void NotifyUserAdded (string username)
{
TreeNodeCollect ion treeNodeCollect ion = treeMachines.No des[0].Nodes;
TreeNode treeNodeParent = treeMachines.No des[0];

AddDelegate addDelegate = new AddDelegate(tre eNodeCollection .Add);
ExpandDelegate expandNodeDeleg ate = new
ExpandDelegate( treeNodeParent. Expand);

treeMachines.In voke(addDelegat e, new object[] {new
TreeNode(userna me,0,0)});
treeMachines.In voke(expandNode Delegate);

}

the two delegates are obviously previously defined.
delegate int AddDelegate(Tre eNode treeNode);
delegate void ExpandDelegate( );

Sometimes it works, but it's very slow. If i take the invoke out and use
the Node.Add method, it works... but obviously not correctly - as 50% of the time it throws the "must use invoke" exception.

Any ideas?

TIA

Sam Martin