VB.NET - How do you read a value from another thread

Question

I need to read a value from a listview that is on the ui thread from another thread. I know how to set a value using:

Invoke(Sub() Me.lv.Items.add("data"))

But I need to retrieve a value from a listview and am not sure how. Here is what I have so far:

dim selectedItem = Invoke(Sub() Me.lv.Items(x).Text)

I get an error that I need to assign the value to something, but not sure how to do that when I use invoke.

Answer 1

dim selectedItem = CStr(Invoke(New Func(Of String)(Function() Me.lv.Items(x).Text)))