Display form from background thread?!

[wojo]

Hey guys, i'm having really hard time displaying new form from the

inside of Event hadler that runs within the process of the caller.

the new form shows but i cant focus on it and it just hungs there.

 

Private Sub on_PrivateMessage(ByVal vUserName As String, ByVal

vMessage As String) Handles objC.PrivateMessage

Dim lForm As frmPrivate

 

lForm = New frmPrivate

lForm.gNick = vUserName

lForm.DisplayMessage(vUserName, vMessage)

lForm.Visible = True

 

End Sub

 

if i use lForm.ShowDialog() then it paints okay and i can interact

with it but then the main form stops processing messages...

 

Please help.

[divil]

You have to make sure your new form is created on the same thread as the rest of your UI. You can do this by using the Invoke method of an existing control to run a delegate of your choosing, that creates your secondary form.