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Hey people, so here's the thing I've created a program that scans the WMI for any usb action and is triggers an event I then check from a list what USB event it was, completely applicatino specific. Anyway that code works perfectly!

Then I added code to hide the form on startup, by creating a NotifyIcon, and having the form default to Minimize. The Minimize event triggers and then the form is hidden and the icon in the system tray appears, a double click event on the icon brings back the form...... However, what I actually want is the Usb event to trigger the form re-appearing as well....But sadly I get some error, not sure how to solve it.
<pre lang="cs">public void notifyIcon1_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
       {
           this.Show();
           this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
       }
       private void Form1_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
           notifyIcon1.BalloonTipTitle = "Minimize to Tray App";
           notifyIcon1.BalloonTipText = "You have successfully minimized your form.";
           if (FormWindowState.Minimized == this.WindowState)
           {
               notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
               notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(500);
               this.Hide();
           }
           else if (FormWindowState.Normal == this.WindowState)
           {
               notifyIcon1.Visible = false;
           }
       }
       private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
           this.Hide();
          // this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;

       }


WqlEventQuery weqQuery = new WqlEventQuery();
	            weqQuery.EventClassName = "__InstanceOperationEvent";
	            weqQuery.WithinInterval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 3);
                weqQuery.Condition = @"TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_PnPEntity'";
                
            	m_mewWatcher = new ManagementEventWatcher(weqQuery);
	            m_mewWatcher.EventArrived += new EventArrivedEventHandler(m_mewWatcher_EventArrived);
	            m_mewWatcher.Start();<pre>

<pre lang="cs">public void m_mewWatcher_EventArrived(object sender, EventArrivedEventArgs e)
        {
            bool bUSBEvent = false;
            foreach (PropertyData pdData in e.NewEvent.Properties)
            {
                ManagementBaseObject mbo = (ManagementBaseObject)pdData.Value;
                if (mbo != null)
                {
                    foreach (PropertyData pdDataSub in mbo.Properties)
                    {
                        if (pdDataSub.Value == null)
                        {
                        }
                        else
                        {
                             namez = pdDataSub.Value.ToString();
                            if ( namez.Contains(" Electronics  Dongle"))//&& pdDataSub.Value.ToString() == "USB")
                            {
                                 position = namez.IndexOf("(COM");
                                 position2 = namez.IndexOf(")");
                                bUSBEvent = true;
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    if (bUSBEvent)
                    {
                        if (e.NewEvent.ClassPath.ClassName == "__InstanceCreationEvent")
                        {
                            if (dongle_found == false) //We only need to come in here if dongle not found either by startup check
                            {// or via the usb entry
                                if ((position > 0))
                                    // Add comport Name
                                    if (SP.IsOpen)
                                    {
                                        SP.Close();
                                    }
                                SP.PortName = namez.Substring(position + 1, position2 - (position + 1));
                                dongle_found = true;
                            }
                            Console.WriteLine("USB was plugged in");
                            File.AppendAllText(path, "bleh" + " Con");
                            string appendText = Environment.NewLine;
                            File.AppendAllText(path, appendText);
                            try
                            {
                                this.Show();
                               // this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
                            //    this.Activate();

                            }
                            catch (InvalidCastException q)
                            {
                                Console.WriteLine("Caught: {0}", q);
                            }

                            notifyIcon1.Visible = false;
                        }
                        else if (e.NewEvent.ClassPath.ClassName == "__InstanceDeletionEvent")
                        {
                            if (SP.IsOpen)
                            {
                                SP.Close();
                            }
                            Console.WriteLine("USB was plugged out");
                            File.AppendAllText(path, "bleh" + "DC");
                            string appendText = Environment.NewLine;
                            File.AppendAllText(path, appendText);
                            dongle_found = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }


The problem comes in when I want to have the form re-appear, this.show() and the lines following throws a run time bug....

'BackGroundWorkers.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Configuration\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Configuration.dll', Skipped loading symbols. Module is optimized and the debugger option 'Just My Code' is enabled.

I have no idea what is going on. Help!!!!!
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You are trying to show the form in another thread. Use Control.Invoke
Read the next article for more information.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zyzhdc6b.aspx[^]
 
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Yeah thought as much I was doing something funny like that, sorted out the problem a simple delegate procedure sorted out the whole issue.....Thanks
 
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