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    copied!<p>I have inherited some code that queries a DB over a WCF service and then employs a callback when it's done. I am trying to add some code to that callback to update the UI as the data is processed. I'm finding that I cannot get the UI to update during that callback:</p> <pre><code>client.GetDataAsync(); client.GetDataCompleted += new EventHandler&lt;GetDataCompletedEventArgs&gt;(GetDataCompleted); void GetDataCompleted(object sender, GetDataCompletedEventArgs e) { // Loop through the data // ... textBlock1.Text= "test1"; Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =&gt; textBlock1.Text= "test2" ); var thread = new Thread(() =&gt; { // textBlock1.Text= "test3"; (this throws a cross-thread access exception) Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =&gt; { textBlock1.Text= "test4"; }); } thread.Start(); // ... Debug.WriteLine("done"); } </code></pre> <p>None of these things update the UI until (apparently) the entire callback is completed. This post:</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6264134/what-thread-calls-the-completed-event-handler-on-silverlight-wcf-calls">What thread calls the completed event handler on silverlight WCF calls?</a></p> <p>suggests that the callback is running on the main UI thread so that the BeginInvoke call should be unnecessary. Even if I add various delays in the above code, it still doesn't work. Is this possible? Is there a better way to do this?</p> <p>(This is a follow-up question to this: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9320181/multiple-asynchronous-ui-updates-in-silverlight">Multiple asynchronous UI updates in Silverlight</a>)</p>
 

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