My Timer event crashes because the events are called on a different thread

Question

I get the error \"Cross-thread operation not valid: Control \'label1\' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.\" when I run this code:

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Answer 1

While the "Accepted" answer is technically correct (in that this will fix the problem) this doesn't answer the question.

The ANSWER is to use

void T_Elapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
    this.BeginInvoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate(){
        label1.Text = "This will work";
    }));
}

http://jaysonknight.com/blog/archive/2007/02/14/using-anonymous-methods-for-control-invoke-control-begininvoke.aspx