hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at (Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]) <> wrote in message
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> Make sure the 'STAThread' attribute is specified on your application's
> entry point (not 'MTAThread'). 'STAThread' is the default, so it
> doesn't need to be explicitly added to your 'void Main'/'Sub Main'.
>

> i'm sure i overlooked something silly, but for some reason if i try to
> use the FolderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog method, the dialog does not
> show a treeview containing folders... the dialog only contains the
> button to create a new folder (which also doesn't do anything) and
> the Ok and Cancel buttons.

> Any article or links which discusses this behavior for folderbrowserdialog
> on Multithreaded apps Mr. Wagner?

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "Davy Brion" <ralinx@gmail.com> scripsit:
> > i'm sure i overlooked something silly, but for some reason if i try to
> > use the FolderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog method, the dialog does not
> > show a treeview containing folders... the dialog only contains the
> > button to create a new folder (which also doesn't do anything) and
> > the Ok and Cancel buttons.
>
> Make sure the 'STAThread' attribute is specified on your application's
> entry point (not 'MTAThread'). 'STAThread' is the default, so it
> doesn't need to be explicitly added to your 'void Main'/'Sub Main'.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
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> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "Joey Callisay" <hcalisay@codex-systems.com> scripsit:
> > Any article or links which discusses this behavior for
folderbrowserdialog
> > on Multithreaded apps Mr. Wagner?
>
> I don't have an article in mind, but for Windows Forms Apps I'd use
> 'STAThread' to avoid problems when components make use of COM interop.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
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> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>