Raising Asynchronous Events from Components

[TrtnJohn]

I have a multi-threaded class that I am creating that needs needs to raise
events when certain asynchronous events occur. I would always like the
events to be raised to the primary UI thread of any application that is using
my component. I can't just call raiseevent from the thread that catches the
asynchronous data. (In this case from a serial port). This is because I
have a separate thread reading from the serial device. How can I marshall
the call such the event is raised on the primary UI thread?

My only solution right now is to use a Form Timer in the class and
repeatedly poll the thread to see if any events should be raised. Is there a
better way?

[TrtnJohn]

This sounds very promising. Thanks for the info. I couldn't access the
project you said you were attaching. Can you try to attach it again. I
would really like to see it.

Thanks,
John

"Charles Law" wrote:

Hi John

Have a look at ISynchronizeInvoke. The attached project shows how you can
use it to do what you are asking.

HTH

Charles
"TrtnJohn" <Tr******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have a multi-threaded class that I am creating that needs needs to raise
events when certain asynchronous events occur. I would always like the
events to be raised to the primary UI thread of any application that is
using
my component. I can't just call raiseevent from the thread that catches
the
asynchronous data. (In this case from a serial port). This is because I
have a separate thread reading from the serial device. How can I marshall
the call such the event is raised on the primary UI thread?

My only solution right now is to use a Form Timer in the class and
repeatedly poll the thread to see if any events should be raised. Is
there a
better way?

[TrtnJohn]

Doh, I am using IE to view the board. I was hoping for a link to download
from :(
"Charles Law" wrote:

I have attached it again but with a txt extension in case your newsreader is
blocking zip files. Save and rename it with a zip extension and away you go.

Charles
"TrtnJohn" <Tr******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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This sounds very promising. Thanks for the info. I couldn't access the
project you said you were attaching. Can you try to attach it again. I
would really like to see it.

Thanks,
John

"Charles Law" wrote:

Hi John

Have a look at ISynchronizeInvoke. The attached project shows how you can
use it to do what you are asking.

HTH

Charles
"TrtnJohn" <Tr******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a multi-threaded class that I am creating that needs needs to
>raise
> events when certain asynchronous events occur. I would always like the
> events to be raised to the primary UI thread of any application that is
> using
> my component. I can't just call raiseevent from the thread that
> catches
> the
> asynchronous data. (In this case from a serial port). This is because
> I
> have a separate thread reading from the serial device. How can I
> marshall
> the call such the event is raised on the primary UI thread?
>
> My only solution right now is to use a Form Timer in the class and
> repeatedly poll the thread to see if any events should be raised. Is
> there a
> better way?