Change ComboBox.Text property in SelectedIndexChanged event

It seems that you can’t change the Text property of a combobox inside SelectedIndexChanged event. The .Text will still contain the old value after the change due to cross-threading issues:

Workaround: Use delegation to do this, this will change the text right after the SelectedIndexChanged event:

this.comboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged += new EventHandler(comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged);
void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.BeginInvoke(new ChangeTextDelegete(ChangeText));
}

private delegate void ChangeTextDelegete();
public void ChangeText()
{
this.comboBox1.Text = “Changed”;
}

Problem: With this approach, sometimes “Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation” fires randomly.

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How to change combobox text property after SelectedIndexChanged event?