How to run something in the STA thread?

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You can start STA Threads like so:

    Thread thread = new Thread(MethodWhichRequiresSTA);
    thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA); //Set the thread to STA
    thread.Start(); 
    thread.Join(); //Wait for the thread to end

The only problem is that your result object must be passed along somehow.. You can use a private field for that, or dive into passing along parameters into threads. Here I set the foo data in a private field and start up the STA Thread to mutate the inkpresenter!

private var foo;
public void SearchForFooCallbackMethod(IAsyncResult ar)
{
    foo = GetFooFromAsyncResult(ar); 
    Thread thread = new Thread(ProcessInkPresenter);
    thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
    thread.Start();
    thread.Join(); 
}

private void ProcessInkPresenter()
{
    var inkPresenter = XamlReader.Parse(foo.Xaml) as InkPresenter;
}

Hope this helps!

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