Multi-threading Dispatcher

[Matts]

I'm trying to add a custom dialog in State.Configure section, which launches in a different thread. I tried to access it as described in the help guide. Using InvokeAsync caused the code to continue running without running this part of the code. If I use Invoke instead it generates an error 'Error on calling 'OnStateChange' method: The calling thread cannot access this object because a different thread owns it.' After reading some forum posts, I found that the Dispatcher can be accessed in Globals.RandomDispatcher.InvokeAsync((), and I also tried other methods which generated the same error. InvokeAsync didn't generate an exception, but it didn't run the code either. Is there a way to run the code at the expected time using InvokeAsync or another method?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Matts,

Dispatcher.InvokeAsync() is used to invoke into another existing thread, such as the UI thread.

What are you trying to do?

What code do you have?

Are you trying to launch a new thread or invoke into the UI thread?

The WPF examples I have demonstrate invoking into the existing UI thread.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?p=499327#post499327

[Matts]

I'm trying to add a dialog from Windows API code pack, which I believe would invoke into the UI thread. It's fairly simple code. Thanks, I will look at the examples.

 CommonOpenFileDialog dialog = new CommonOpenFileDialog();
dialog.IsFolderPicker = true;
CommonFileDialogResult result = dialog.ShowDialog();

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Matts,

Dialog windows stop the thread. What you are trying to achieve?

Below is a link to an example of prompting the user for information without stopping any threads.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?p=492686#post492686

Stopping a NinjaScript thread will definitely cause undesired behavior as it will stop receiving data.

[Matts]

I want the user to select a folder with this dialog. I was using the standard FolderBrowserDialog which works fine, but it's very outdated.

This is the section of code that I was following from the example file. I want to replace the OpenFileDialog section with previous code:

case State.Configure:
                {
                    if (FileNames != null)
                        return;

                    OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog()
                    {
                        FileName            = Custom.Resource.FileName,
                        Filter                = Custom.Resource.FileFilterAnyWinForms,
                        InitialDirectory    = Core.RecentFolders.GetRecentFolder("HistoryImport", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal)),
                        Multiselect            = true,
                        Title                = Custom.Resource.Load
                    };

                    if (dialog.ShowDialog() != true)

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Matts,

I do not recommend doing this in State.Configure. I would recommend you create a public property and have this file selected before the script begins running.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/historical-beta-archive/version-8-beta/84387-how-to-decorate-a-parameter-to-open-file-explorer?p=719744#post719744

Which example are you referring to?
Are you talking about a reference sample in the help guide?
If so, may I have link to this reference sample?