[Mono-dev] [Gtk.Application.Invoke] Thread to up date a Gtk.Label

[David Arnaud-Goddet]

Hi all,

I have a problem (again and again...) with my mono application.
After having created a GUI with gtk#, and configured a serial port
connection, now I have to mix these 2 applications!
In fact I would like to set the text of a label to indicate the state of the
serial port.
I created a thread which do that but the label aren't update properly.
I read this page : http://www.mono-project.com/Responsive_Applications but
my english level isn't very high. So I understand that:
=> the operations cross thread are not allowed (a thread can't modify the
object's properties which another Thread has created).
=> I must use delegate.

That why I do that : (but it doesn't work!!!)

t = new System.Threading.Thread(new ThreadStart(thread_Process));

private void readData_Clik(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
        t.Start();
}


private void thread_Process()
{
       OpenSerialPort();
       Gtk.Application.Invoke(delegate
                                       {
                                               myLabel.Text = "The serial
port is open";
                                       });
        string[] rxdata = new string[];
        rxdata = ReadData();
        Gtk.Application.Invoke(delegate
                                       {
                                               myLabel.Text = "The data have
been read";
                                               labelVal1.Text = rxdata[0];
                                               labelVal2.Text = rxdata[1];
                                       });
        CloseSerialPort();
        Gtk.Application.Invoke(delegate
                                       {
                                               myLabel.Text = "The serial
port is close";
                                       });
}

The labels are not update each time! Moreover the code execution time is
slower than if I do that not in a thread...
I don't understand.

Thanks in advance.


-- 
David ARNAUD-GODDET
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