Passing variables from a thread to another form using C#

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Published on 2010-04-05T09:09:15Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 9:13 UTC
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Hi, I am trying to pass 2 variables from a thread, in the MainForm, to another form, but when doing so an error occurs.

private void TrackingThread( )
    {
        float targetX = 0;
        float targetY = 0;

        while ( true )
        {
            camera1Acquired.WaitOne( );
            camera2Acquired.WaitOne( );

            lock ( this )
            {
                // stop the thread if it was signaled
                if ( ( x1 == -1 ) && ( y1 == -1 ) && ( x2 == -1 ) && ( y2 == -1 ) )
                {
                    break;
                }

                // get middle point
                targetX = ( x1 + x2 ) / 2;
                targetY = ( y1 + y2 ) / 2;
            }

            if (directionForm != null)
            {
                directionForm.RunMotors(targetX, targetY);
            }
        }
    }

In the form, directionForm, I am simply displaying the variables targetX and targetY. The code for the directionForm.RunMotors() is the following:

public void RunMotors(float x, float y)
    {
        label1.Text = "X-ordinate " + x.ToString();
        label2.Text = "Y-ordinate " + y.ToString();
    }

The error happen when I am trying to display the two variables: "InvalidOperationException was unhandled Cross-threading operation not valid: Control label1 accessed from a thread other than . the thread it was created on"

What shall I do???

Thanks in advance

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