Accessing Text box from thread

[Kernowmarplek]

I am building an application that sends and receives data from a laser coder. I am using multi-threading and would like to send the received string to a text box on the only form, however, the thread is unable to see the form.

For the code

static void ReadResponseThread()
{
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ss,System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
try
{
for (;
{
string response = sr.ReadLine();
if (response != "&quot
{
txtBox1.Text = response;
}
}
}
catch(ThreadAbortException)
{
}
}

I get the following error

An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property 'WindowsSerial2.Form1.txtBox1'


Anybody know what's going on?

 

[chiph]

You should not attempt to access a GUI object from another thread directly. There was an article in either Visual Studio magazine or MSDN magazine a few months ago that tells how to do this safely.

Chip H.