mjbWorld program - ActiveX control inside a VC++ managed program

#using <AxmjboglLib.dll>
using namespace AxmjboglLib;
using namespace System::ComponentModel;

 AxmjboglCtl* myControl;

void frame3d::InitializeComponent()
{
   Thread::CurrentThread->ApartmentState = ApartmentState::STA;
   myControl = new AxmjboglCtl(); 
   myControl->mouseDown += new _ImjboglCtlEvents_mouseDownEventHandler(this,&frame3d::mouseDownAction);
   myControl->mouseUp += new _ImjboglCtlEvents_mouseUpEventHandler(this,&frame3d::mouseUpAction);
   myControl->mouseDrag += new _ImjboglCtlEvents_mouseDragEventHandler(this,&frame3d::mouseDragAction);
   Controls->Add(myControl);
 }

From: Martin Baker
Subject: How do I include OpenGL in MC++ program
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Date: 2002-03-26 04:31:54 PST

How do I include OpenGL in a C++ program which uses purely ManagedExtensions.? (the 3d frame is mixed in with other screen objects using windows forms).

I have tried doing this by taking the ATL ActiveX Cube sample that comes with VC++. I ran the aximp tool to generate a wrapper class that lets me use it as a control in the application.

My program compiles and links correctly, but when I run it (in debug mode) I get the following error:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Threading.ThreadStateException' occurred

in system.windows.forms.dll

Additional information: Could not instantiate ActiveX control

'72d0889c-0ebd-11d0-bf0d-0000e8d0d146' because the current thread

is not in a single-threaded apartment.

Can anyone suggest how I can get round this problem? Or alternatively is
there any other way to include an OpenGL view in a MC++ form?

I would appreciate any ideas,

Martin
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From: Anson Tsao [MSFT] (ansontonline@microsoft.com)
Subject: Re: How do I include OpenGL in MC++ program
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Date: 2002-03-27 12:09:22 PST

You need to set the current thread to STA.
There are 2 methods to do that:
1) using namespace System::Threading;

void SomeMethod()
{
Thread::CurrentThread->ApartmentState = ApartmentState::STA;
}
2) Use the STAThreadAttribute to annotate your main method.

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From: Martin Baker
Subject: Re: How do I include OpenGL in MC++ program
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Date: 2002-03-28 01:35:08 PST

Anson Tsao,

I tried this, just to be sure I tried both methods, but I am still getting
the same error.

Thanks,

Martin

From: Anson Tsao [MSFT] (ansontonline@microsoft.com)
Subject: Re: How do I include OpenGL in MC++ program
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Date: 2002-03-28 13:17:48 PST

Martin

For the [STAThreadAttribute] to wokr, you also need to set the linker option
/ENTRY: to 'main', otherwise the entry point is mainCRTStartup() (which is
unmanaged). Sorry for not making that clear last time. You can also set the
/SUBSYSTEM to Windows to get rid of the console.

To make sure that the current thread is STA, you can just test for
Threading::Thread::CurrentThread->ApartmentState in your MainWindow
constructor.

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Visual C++ libraries team

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From: Martin Baker
Subject: Re: How do I include OpenGL in MC++ program
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Date: 2002-03-29 00:53:04 PST

Anson Tsao,

> For the [STAThreadAttribute] to wokr, you also need to set the linker option
> /ENTRY: to 'main'

Thanks! it works!