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Cross Thread Exception

Mrudul Ganpule

I got Cross thread exception, in my project i am using backgroundworker thread, whenever it calls , i am trying to use web browser to open a web page in the form of windows.
when web browser instance create , it gives "cross-thread operation not valid: control 'oauth browser' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on."

Is that calling a second thread in a first running thread is invalid?

can you please suggest a solution to remove exception

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Vulpes12y ago
Well, the web browser control will have been created on the main UI thread and so, if you're trying to access it from the DoWork event of the BackgroundWorker, this will lead to a cross-thread exception.

You'll therefore need to marshal the web browser code back to the UI thread which can be done as follows:

this.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate()
{
// put existing web browser code in here
}));