Re: Can't get form controls to show

This sounds like a bug.

What you're doing is supposed to work, according to this:
http://mono-project.com/FAQ:_Winforms#My_multithreaded_application_crashes_or_locks_up

Feel free to file a bug report with a test case.


Steve Ricketts wrote:
> 
> I want to make certain controls visible on a form after certain events
> have happened.  I use BackgroundWorker to avoid the treading issues but
> the controls never appear on the form.  I set a breakpoint on
> setLogonValues and it does break and each of lines in that function are
> executed, but they never show on the form.  This works in Windows but not
> in Linux.
> 
>  .....
> 			BackgroundWorker bw = new BackgroundWorker ();
> 
> 			bw.RunWorkerCompleted += setLogonValues;
> 
> 			bw.RunWorkerAsync ();
> 
> 		}
> 
> 
> 
> 		private void setLogonValues (object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs
> e)
> 
> 		{
> 
> 			labLogOn.Visible = true;
> 
> 			txtStudentID.Visible = true;
> 
> 			btnLogOn.Visible = true;
> 
> 			labStatus.Text = "";
> 
> 			txtStudentID.Text = "";
> 
> 			txtStudentID.Focus ();
> 
> 		}
> 
> 
> I've also tried:
> 
> 			txtStudentID.Invoke ((MethodInvoker)delegate { txtStudentID.Visible =
> true; });
> 
> 
> But that doesn't work either.  What am I doing wrong?
> 
> sr
> 

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