Subj : Re: Problems with event raised from 2nd thread (C#) To : comp.programming.threads From : ptjm Date : Sun Jan 23 2005 07:55 pm In article <1106398032.953319.270360@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, wrote: % I know it is a BAD THING to allow the UI to be updated from 2ndary % threads (but I'm not too clear on the reasons). In win32, the message queue used for communicating with windows is a thread-specific object. Only the thread which `owns' a window can process messages sent to the window. -- Patrick TJ McPhee North York Canada ptjm@interlog.com .