How to read combobox from a thread other than the thread it was created on?

Question

I am trying to read a combobox.Text from a thread other than the thread it was created on but I am getting the error:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Windows.Forms.dll

Additional information: Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'levelsComboBox' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.

I have used .Invoke before but only to set properties, how can I use it to read combobox.Text? Because .Invoke returns void and I need a string. Or is there another way to do it without the Invoke?

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)delegate()     {         text = combobox.Text;     });