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Hello,
I'm trying to add an image into PictureBox with OpenFileDialog() method.

What I have tried:

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private: System::Void button1_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) {
    OpenFileDialog^ ofd = gcnew OpenFileDialog;
    ofd->InitialDirectory = "C:\\";
    ofd->Filter =
        "Images (*.bmp;*.gif;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.png)|"
        "*.bmp;*.gif;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.png|"
        "Bitmaps (*.bmp)|*.bmp|"
        "GIFs (*.gif)|*.gif|"
        "JPEGs (*.jpg)|*.jpg;*.jpeg|"
        "PNGs (*.png)|*.png";
    ofd->FilterIndex = 1;
    if (ofd->ShowDialog() == System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult::OK) {
            pictureBox11->Image = Image::FromFile(ofd->FileName);
            pictureBox11->SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode::StretchImage;
        }
    else {
        MessageBox::Show("Can't open the file. Wrong file type", "ERROR", MessageBoxButtons::OK, MessageBoxIcon::Error) == System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult::No;
    }
    }

but when I click this button next message shows up:
'System.Threading.ThreadStateException: 'Current thread must be set to single thread apartment (STA) mode before OLE calls can be made. Ensure that your Main function has STAThreadAttribute marked on it. This exception is only raised if a debugger is attached to the process.'

Posted 12-Jun-18 13:30pm

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Updated 13-Jun-18 7:23am

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Rick York · Answer 1 · 2018-06-12T14:21:00

Since you haven't actually posted one, I will assume your question is what do you do about that message. The answer is given in the message.

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Ensure that your Main function has STAThreadAttribute marked on it

If that is not what you are after then you should consider actually asking a question.

KarstenK · Answer 2 · 2018-06-13T07:25:00

When your read the documentation of STAThreadAttribute from Microsoft you would have read that:
"You're developing a Windows Forms app. Windows Forms apps must be single-threaded if they communicate with Windows system components such as the Clipboard or Windows common dialog boxes, or if they use system features such as drag-and-drop functionality"

What means that you need to set that in the project settings to use the Common File Dialog. Such problems are knowns as: "Works as designed"

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