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COM outbound call results in "An outgoing call cannot be made since the application is dispatching an input-synchronous call."

I have a COM server (C++/STA (MFC based app)) and a COM client (C#/MTA). The COM server must …

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Why are WinForms applications STAThread by default?

When you create an empty WinForms application with Visual Studio, the template has the STAThread attribute in the main application …

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Use [STAThread] in a console program in C#

I have written code for a C# console application. It copies a clipboard value to a file, and it runs …

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How to post messages to an STA thread running a message pump?

So, following this, I decided to explicitly instantiate a COM object on a dedicated STA thread. Experiments showed that the …

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ActiveX control cannot be instantiated because thread is in a single-threaded apartment. Happens after waking PC from sleep

I am working on a VOIP client (Window's form) that opens a browser window (ExtendedWebBrowser) when a call is made …

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STA, MTA and OLE nightmare

I have to include a .NET application into another .NET application as a plugin. The plugin interface requires me to …

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SetApartmentState and [STAThread]

In Watin's source code, there is this piece of code: public void NavigateToNoWait(Uri url) { var thread = new Thread(GoToNoWaitInternal); …

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Convert Keith Hill's PowerShell Get-Clipboard and Set-Clipboard to a PSM1 script

I'd like to convert Keith Hill's C# implementation of Get-Clipboard and Set-Clipboard into pure PowerShell as a .PSM1 file. Is …

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Variance matrix from polar to cartesian coordinates

I am dealing with a time series in polar coordinates and I am applying the Kalman filter for predictions. The …

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