Searching Through Files

[stathread]

Ive created a recursive copy and when its iterating through the files I have the filenames shown in a textbox. My problem is however that when I click outside of the form while it is running the process throws and error and is caught. The reason behind this is how can I refresh a form that is not active I suppose. Is there another way to display the filenames without the form going blank on me?

Thanks.

//in loop
PathScroller.Text=z.ToString();//z=filename
Form1.ActiveForm.Refresh()

 

[chiph]

Are you updating the form on a thread other than the one that created it?

This is a Win32 limitation, and to get around it, use code like this:

private delegate void FSDelegate(string currentFile);

public void UpdateFileStatus(string currentFile)
{
   if (this.InvokeRequired)
   {
       this.BeginInvoke(new FSDelegate(UpdateFileStatus),
          new Object[] {currentFile});
       return;
   }

   PathScroller.Text = currentFile;
}

Chip H.


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