Updating bindinglist from seperate thread

[Brian]

When I have a gridview bound to a bindinglist and I update the data that the list is bound to in a seperate thread (than the GUI thread) I am getting crossthreading errors in the assignment statement. I am attempting to get around the problem by alerting the main thread to update the value. Is this the way that the gridview binding is intended to operate or have I left something out?

[Richard Slade]

Hello Brian,

Cross threading, or updating the UI from a thread that did not create it is not something one can do in .NET. You'll need to call invoke to be able to update the UI. Please have a look at this MSDN Blog article on using invoke.
Hope that helps
Richard

[Brian]

I am updating a bindinglist that is not declared in the UI. Even if I invoke the call to update the bindinglist, I still get the crossthreading error

[Richard Slade]

Hello Brian,

Below is a small sample to try. I cannot get this to produce a cross threading error. Let me know how you get on with it.

Designer File

namespace RadGridView_BindingListBackground_CS
{
    partial class Form1
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components;

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code

        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.radGridView1 = new Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadGridView();
            this.backgroundWorker1 = new System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.radGridView1)).BeginInit();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            //
            // radGridView1
            //
            this.radGridView1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
            this.radGridView1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
            this.radGridView1.Name = "radGridView1";
            this.radGridView1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(284, 262);
            this.radGridView1.TabIndex = 0;
            this.radGridView1.Text = "radGridView1";
            //
            // backgroundWorker1
            //
            this.backgroundWorker1.DoWork += new System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventHandler(this.backgroundWorker1_DoWork);
            //
            // Form1
            //
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(284, 262);
            this.Controls.Add(this.radGridView1);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Form1";
            this.FormClosing += new System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventHandler(this.Form1_FormClosing);
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.radGridView1)).EndInit();
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }

        #endregion

        private Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadGridView radGridView1;
        private System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker backgroundWorker1;
    }
}

Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace RadGridView_BindingListBackground_CS
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        private Boolean m_Continue;
        private BindingList<MyObject> m_List = new BindingList<MyObject>();
        private delegate void ResetBindingCallback();

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            m_Continue = true;
            m_List.Add(new MyObject(1, "Name 1"));
            m_List.Add(new MyObject(2, "Name 2"));
            m_List.Add(new MyObject(3, "Name 3"));

            this.radGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = true;
            this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;
            this.radGridView1.ReadOnly = true;

            this.radGridView1.DataSource = m_List;
            this.backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync();
        }

        private void backgroundWorker1_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
        {
            while (m_Continue == true)
            {
                m_List[0].Id = m_List[0].Id + 1;
                m_List[0].Name = "Name " + m_List[0].Id;
                m_List[1].Id = m_List[1].Id + 1;
                m_List[1].Name = "Name " + m_List[1].Id;
                m_List[2].Id = m_List[2].Id + 1;
                m_List[2].Name = "Name " + m_List[2].Id;
                Invoke(new ResetBindingCallback(ResetBinding));
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
            }
        }

        private void ResetBinding()
        {
            if (m_Continue) { m_List.ResetBindings(); }
        }

        private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
        {
            m_Continue = false;
        }


    }

    public class MyObject
    {
        public MyObject() { }

        public MyObject(int id, string name)
        {
            this.Id = id;
            this.Name = name;
        }

        public int Id
        { get; set; }

        public string Name
        { get; set; }
    }
}

regards,
Richard

[Richard Slade]

Hello,

Did this help? If so please remember to mark as answer. If you need further assistance, let me know
thanks
Richard

[Brian]

I updated Telerik and now everything as far as the crossthreading goes,is working.
The data that is populating the grid gets updated with no error.
The problem now is that the grid does not reflect these changes until I click to sort or something of that nature on the grid.

[Richard Slade]

Hi Brian,

Glad that this is almost sorted for you. You may want to try calling

this.radGridView1.MasterTemplate.Refresh();

 at the end. this should bring everything up to date.
Richard

[Brian]

I think that did it.

[Richard Slade]

Great. Glad I could help
All the best
Richard