private: delegate System::Void delegate_function(void);
 
if(this->InvokeRequired)
{
AsyncCallback ^ac = gcnew AsyncCallback(&WCS::MainForm::delegate_function_callback);
delegate_function ^df = gcnew delegate_function(this, &WCS::MainForm::function_to_invoke);
 
System::IAsyncResult ^asyncresult;
 
//Begin invoke command here.
try
{
	asyncresult = df->BeginInvoke(ac, df);
	//asyncresult = this->statusLight->BeginInvoke(ac, df);
	//this->commsStatusLight->EndInvoke(asyncresult);
	//df->Invoke();
	df->EndInvoke(asyncresult);
	//df->DynamicInvoke(ac, df);
}
catch (...)
{
	std::cerr << "caught";
}
}
 
public: System::Void function_to_invoke()
{
	this->statusLight->BackColor = DataClass->getlight();
	this->statusLight1->BackColor = DataClass->getight1();
	this->butCheck->Enabled = DataClass->getenable();
	this->status->Text = DataClass->getstatus();                    //this line returns instead of finishing
	this->status1->Text = DataClass->getstatus1();
}
 
private: static System::Void delegate_function_callback(System::IAsyncResult ^asyncresult)
{
	//delegate_function ^df = gcnew delegate_function(&WCS::MainForm::function_to_invoke);
                //df->EndInvoke(asyncresult);
}