How to return a value with Dispatcher.Invoke?

Question

Anyone knows how to return a value from Dispatcher.Invoke in wpf? I want to return the selected index for a ComboBox.

Thanks!

Solution 1

There's another way that returns value from Invoke():

object oIsLoaded = container.Dispatcher.Invoke( new Func<bool> ( () =>
    {
        return container.IsLoaded;
    })
);

And by the way, chances are that the initial code (which is working with delegate) won't modify oIsLoaded at all; So I'd rather use a Func<> for returning a value from that kind of function.

Solution 2

This is my method to retrieve selected value for a combobox, how can I say delegate to return value?

    private object getValueCB(System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox cb)
    {
        object obj;


            if (!cb.Dispatcher.CheckAccess())
            {
                obj = cb.Dispatcher.Invoke(
                  System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority.Normal,
                  new Action(
                    delegate()
                    {
                        obj = cb.SelectedValue;
                    }
                ));

                return obj;
            }
            else
            {
                return obj = cb.SelectedValue;
            }

    }

Solution 3

I have solved this. The solution is create a custom delegate that returns the desired type like this:

    private object GetValueCB(System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox cb)
    {
        object obj = null;


            if (!cb.Dispatcher.CheckAccess())
            {
                obj = cb.Dispatcher.Invoke(
                  System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority.Normal,
                  (MyDelegate)
                    delegate()
                    {
                        return (obj = cb.SelectedValue);
                    }
                );

                return obj;
            }
            else
            {
                return obj = cb.SelectedValue;
            }

    }

    public delegate object MyDelegate();

Solution 4

You can't do this directly but you can do this.

Dispatcher.Invoke() actually returns the return value from the delegate you call, so alter your delegate accordingly.

Return Value

Type: System.Object The return value from the delegate being invoked or null if the delegate has no return value.

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Comments

[Admin]

Above I post my snippet code, how could I modify this to allow delegate returns selected value for combobox? thanks

[Chris]

Action does not allow a return value, in this case you will have to use a solution like @Will

[Admin]

Will solution doesn't work in ComboBox WPF Control. I get an error.