Cross-thread operation not valid in C# [duplicate]

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

Greeting, I'm trying to 开发者_如何学Pythonupdate button status from a thread and I'm getting this error:

"Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'btn1' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on."

please advice how to fix this problem.

here is my code:

 if (strMyPlayer == "Player One")
 {
      if (srReceiver.ReadLine() == "Player One says: btn1")
      {
           btn1.Text = "O";
           btn1.Enabled = false; 
      }
 }
 else
 {
      if (srReceiver.ReadLine() == "btn1")
      {
           btn1.Text = "X";
           btn1.Enabled = false;
      }     
 }

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Use Control.InvokeRequired and one of Control.Invoke / Control.BeginInvoke methods.

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You cannot update a UI element from a background thread. I'm guessing srReceiver runs on a background thread.

You can update it using a delegate:

btn1.Invoke(delegate {
                             btn1.Enabled = "OK";
                             btn1.Text = "X";
                      });

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You should maybe use the invoke-function to run the function on the controls thread.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288468(VS.71).aspx