When I use some 3rd party library. If I forgot to specify STAThread, the code will fail mysteriously, I want to know why?
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When I use some 3rd party library. If I forgot to specify STAThread, the code will fail mysteriously, I want to know why?
Nothing mysterious. Because the COM library is written in a wa that requires all incoming threads to be STA. Like all UI components – STA has been the UI threading model since dinniosaurs smashed the first windows back in the flintstone age.