Passing values between threads *Resolved*

[BodwadUK]

Hello everyone, I am an old VB6 programmer and I am trying to get into vb.net but having an issue getting a variable value from a class library in a different thread.

What I am trying to do is create my own Winsock type control for my own use. Once data arrives I try and pass it back to the main application so that I can read it and process it.

So far I cant get it working at all. I have tried the following

Raiseevent
I try passing the value as a variable in the raiseevent property. This triggers an error about the value being in a different thread, I always thought that it would create a new variable in the thread of the application it was raising an event in and copy the value.

Function
I have tried writing a function into the class that I call (much like how the winsock control works) so that the class can return the value to the main application.

aka
strData = Myclass.GetData

in the class it returns the value and clears it from its own local variable. This however means the value returns to the main application as nothing even if I step through and see it assigning a value.

I have to be missing something really important. Coming from a VB6 background I dont really know where to begin.

Any help or pointers would be appreciated

Thanks