C# Clipboard.GetText()

Question

How can I get the clipboard text in a non static thread? I have a solution but I'm trying to get the cleanest/shortest way possible. The results turn up as an empty string when calling it normally.

Answer 1

I would add a helper method that can run an Action as an STA Thread within a MTA Main Thread. I think that is probably the cleanest way to achive it.

class Program
{
    [MTAThread]
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        RunAsSTAThread(
            () =>
            {
                Clipboard.SetText("Hallo");
                Console.WriteLine(Clipboard.GetText());
            });
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Start an Action within an STA Thread
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="goForIt"></param>
    static void RunAsSTAThread(Action goForIt)
    {
        AutoResetEvent @event = new AutoResetEvent(false);
        Thread thread = new Thread(
            () =>
            {
                goForIt();
                @event.Set();
            });
        thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
        thread.Start();
        @event.WaitOne();
    }
}

Answer 2

try adding the ApartmentStateAttribute to your main method

[STAThread]
static void Main() {
  //my beautiful codes
}