Clipboard and STAThreadAttribute

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Curious

I got the error when I execute the following line of code:

Clipboard.SetDataObject(mGrid.Clip);

The error is:

"Current thread must be set to single thread apartment (STA) mode
before OLE calls can be made. Ensure that your Main function has
STAThreadAttribute marked on it."

FYI, I started a separate thread and defined a "Run" method and that's
where I got the error. I don't have to do it this way. However, just
curious why this doesn't work. I'm dying to know why.
 
FYI, I started a separate thread and defined a "Run" method and that's
where I got the error. I don't have to do it this way. However, just
curious why this doesn't work. I'm dying to know why.
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You have to set the thread's ApartmentState property to STA when you
start it to use objects like the clipboard.


Mattias
 
Have you find any solution yet?
I have [System.STAThreadAttribute()] marked before my main(). I tried
to delete all dll and rebuilt my project. I am still getting the same
error message while trying to Clipboard.Clear().

Thanks in advance!
 
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