Delegate.Invoke VS Control.Invoke(ZT)

 

Return          Work Thread
Control.Invoke                  完成工作        强制於 UI Thread
Control.BeginInvoke             立即            强制於 UI Thread
[delegate].Invoke               完成工作        Call Invoke 的 Thread
[delegate].BeginInvoke          立即            新的背景 Thread
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1、Button = button1
2、TextBox = textBox1 (请设 multiline)
然後把 button1 的 OnClick 连到下面 source code 里的 button1_Click
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public delegate void testDelegate(string text);
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void UpdateTextBox(string text)
        {
            textBox1.Text += string.Format("{0}{1}", text, Environment.NewLine);
        }
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            testDelegate t = new testDelegate(UpdateTextBox);
            this.Invoke(t, "Control.Invoke");
            this.BeginInvoke(t, "Control.BeginInvoke");
            t.Invoke("[delegate].Invoke");
            // 建议先 comment 掉下面这行跑一次，再拿掉 comment 跑一次
            // 下面这行就是所谓的 [delegate].BeginInvoke
            // 但是当你 call 了之後，在 UpdateTextBox 里会出现 exception
            // 因为它使用新的背景 thread 来跑这个工作
            // 但是 Form 不允许由别的 thread 来 access Form 上的任何 control
            // t.BeginInvoke("[delegate].BeginInvoke", null, null);
        }
    }
}

Delegate.Invoke
Delegate.Invoke is used to execute a delegate on the current thread. A delegate is just a reference to a function or method, and Delegate.Invoke is the mechanism to call this function or method (similar to a normal function call).
Delegate.BeginInvoke
Delegate.BeginInvoke is used to execute a delegate asynchronously, that is, on a separate thread. That means that you can start an operation which won't block your current thread, it will be executed on it's own thread. Delegate.BeginInvoke the operation will be performed "in the background", that is, on a separate thread. Note that you need to call EndInvoke at some time after BeginInvoke to avoid resource leaks.
As its a seperate thread you must not update any property or call any method of a Windows Forms user that potentially update the UI. If you want to update a progress bar, fill a list, or do somehting similar while the operation is performed, you have to use a different mechanism: Control.Invoke or Control.BeginInvoke.
Control.Invoke
Control.Invoke is used to execute a delegate on the UI thread of that control. If you have a delegate which updates the user interface, you can call Control.Invoke from your other thread to execute the update operation on the UI thread.
Control.BeginInvoke
Control.BeginInvoke does the same, but in an asynchronous way. This means that, while Control.Invoke waits until the UI thread has finished executing the delegate, Control.BeginInvoke returns immediately.
Notes to remember:
Control.Invoke, Control.BeginInvoke, and Control.InvokeRequired are exceptions and can use these from other threads than the UI thread.