[c#] Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'textBox1' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on

I want to send temperature value from a microcontroller using UART to C# interface and Display temperature on Label.Content. Here is my microcontroller code:

while(1) {
   key_scan(); // get value of temp
   if (Usart_Data_Ready())
   {
      while(temperature[i]!=0)
      {
         if(temperature[i]!=' ')
         {
            Usart_Write(temperature[i]);
            Delay_ms(1000);
         }
         i = i + 1;
      }
      i =0;
      Delay_ms(2000);
   }
}

and my C# code is:

private void serialPort1_DataReceived(object sender, System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
{
   txt += serialPort1.ReadExisting().ToString();
   textBox1.Text = txt.ToString();
}

but exception arises there "Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'textBox1' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on" Please tell me how to get temperature string from my microcontroller and remove this Error!

Use the following extensions and just pass the action like:

_frmx.PerformSafely(() => _frmx.Show());
_frmx.PerformSafely(() => _frmx.Location = new Point(x,y));

Extension class:

public static class CrossThreadExtensions
{
    public static void PerformSafely(this Control target, Action action)
    {
        if (target.InvokeRequired)
        {
            target.Invoke(action);
        }
        else
        {
            action();
        }
    }

    public static void PerformSafely<T1>(this Control target, Action<T1> action,T1 parameter)
    {
        if (target.InvokeRequired)
        {
            target.Invoke(action, parameter);
        }
        else
        {
            action(parameter);
        }
    }

    public static void PerformSafely<T1,T2>(this Control target, Action<T1,T2> action, T1 p1,T2 p2)
    {
        if (target.InvokeRequired)
        {
            target.Invoke(action, p1,p2);
        }
        else
        {
            action(p1,p2);
        }
    }
}

Along the same lines as previous answers, but a very short addition that Allows to use all Control properties without having cross thread invokation exception.

Helper Method

    /// <summary>
    /// Helper method to determin if invoke required, if so will rerun method on correct thread.
    /// if not do nothing.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="c">Control that might require invoking</param>
    /// <param name="a">action to preform on control thread if so.</param>
    /// <returns>true if invoke required</returns>
    public bool ControlInvokeRequired(Control c,Action a)
    {
        if (c.InvokeRequired) c.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate { a(); }));
        else return false;

        return true;
    }

Sample Usage

    // usage on textbox
    public void UpdateTextBox1(String text)
    {
        //Check if invoke requied if so return - as i will be recalled in correct thread
        if (ControlInvokeRequired(textBox1, () => UpdateTextBox1(text))) return;
        textBox1.Text = ellapsed;
    }

    //Or any control
    public void UpdateControl(Color c,String s)
    {
        //Check if invoke requied if so return - as i will be recalled in correct thread
        if (ControlInvokeRequired(myControl, () => UpdateControl(c,s))) return;
        myControl.Text = s;
        myControl.BackColor = c;
    }

Use a shared container to transfer data between threads.

you can simply do this.

TextBox.CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = false;

I don't know if this is good enough but I made a static ThreadHelperClass class and implemented it as following .Now I can easily set text property of various controls without much coding .

public static class ThreadHelperClass
{
    delegate void SetTextCallback(Form f, Control ctrl, string text);
    /// <summary>
    /// Set text property of various controls
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="form">The calling form</param>
    /// <param name="ctrl"></param>
    /// <param name="text"></param>
    public static void SetText(Form form, Control ctrl, string text)
    {
        // InvokeRequired required compares the thread ID of the 
        // calling thread to the thread ID of the creating thread. 
        // If these threads are different, it returns true. 
        if (ctrl.InvokeRequired)
        {
            SetTextCallback d = new SetTextCallback(SetText);
            form.Invoke(d, new object[] { form, ctrl, text });
        }
        else
        {
            ctrl.Text = text;
        }
    }
}

Using the code:

 private void btnTestThread_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
    Thread demoThread =
       new Thread(new ThreadStart(this.ThreadProcSafe));
            demoThread.Start();
 }

 // This method is executed on the worker thread and makes 
 // a thread-safe call on the TextBox control. 
 private void ThreadProcSafe()
 {
     ThreadHelperClass.SetText(this, textBox1, "This text was set safely.");
     ThreadHelperClass.SetText(this, textBox2, "another text was set safely.");
 }