Public Shared Sub Sleep ( _
    millisecondsTimeout As Integer _
)

Dim millisecondsTimeout As Integer

Thread.Sleep(millisecondsTimeout)

public static void Sleep (
    int millisecondsTimeout
)

public:
static void Sleep (
    int millisecondsTimeout
)

public static void Sleep (
    int millisecondsTimeout
)

public static function Sleep (
    millisecondsTimeout : int
)

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
Imports System.Threading

Public Class ApartmentTest

    <MTAThread> _
    Shared Sub Main()
    
        Dim newThread As Thread = New Thread(AddressOf ThreadMethod)
        newThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.MTA)

        ' The following line is ignored since 
        ' ApartmentState can only be set once.
        newThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA)

        Console.WriteLine("ThreadState: {0}, ApartmentState: {1}", _
            newThread.ThreadState, newThread.GetApartmentState())

        newThread.Start()

        ' Wait for newThread to start and go to sleep.
        Thread.Sleep(300)
        Try
            ' This causes an exception since newThread is sleeping.
            newThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA)
        Catch stateException As ThreadStateException
            Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "{0} caught:" & vbCrLf & _
                "Thread is not In the Unstarted or Running state.", _
                stateException.GetType().Name)
            Console.WriteLine("ThreadState: {0}, ApartmentState: " & _
                "{1}", newThread.ThreadState, newThread.GetApartmentState())
        End Try

    End Sub

    Shared Sub ThreadMethod()
        Thread.Sleep(1000)
    End Sub

End Class

using System;
using System.Threading;

class ApartmentTest
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Thread newThread = 
            new Thread(new ThreadStart(ThreadMethod));
        newThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.MTA);

        // The following line is ignored since 
        // ApartmentState can only be set once.
        newThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);

        Console.WriteLine("ThreadState: {0}, ApartmentState: {1}", 
            newThread.ThreadState, newThread.ApartmentState);

        newThread.Start();

        // Wait for newThread to start and go to sleep.
        Thread.Sleep(300);
        try
        {
            // This causes an exception since newThread is sleeping.
            newThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
        }
        catch(ThreadStateException stateException)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\n{0} caught:\n" +
                "Thread is not in the Unstarted or Running state.", 
                stateException.GetType().Name);
            Console.WriteLine("ThreadState: {0}, ApartmentState: {1}",
                newThread.ThreadState, newThread.GetApartmentState());
        }
    }

    static void ThreadMethod()
    {
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
    }
}

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Threading;
ref class ApartmentTest
{
public:
   static void ThreadMethod()
   {
      Thread::Sleep( 1000 );
   }

};

int main()
{
   Thread^ newThread = gcnew Thread( gcnew ThreadStart( &ApartmentTest::ThreadMethod ) );
   newThread->SetApartmentState(ApartmentState::MTA);
   
   // The following line is ignored since 
   // ApartmentState can only be set once.
   newThread->SetApartmentState(ApartmentState::STA);
   Console::WriteLine( "ThreadState: {0}, ApartmentState: {1}", newThread->ThreadState.ToString(), newThread->GetApartmentState().ToString() );
   newThread->Start();
   
   // Wait for newThread to start and go to sleep.
   Thread::Sleep( 300 );
   try
   {
      
      // This causes an exception since newThread is sleeping.
      newThread->SetApartmentState(ApartmentState::STA);
   }
   catch ( ThreadStateException^ stateException ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "\n{0} caught:\n"
      "Thread is not in the Unstarted or Running state.", stateException->GetType()->Name );
      Console::WriteLine( "ThreadState: {0}, ApartmentState: {1}", newThread->ThreadState.ToString(), newThread->GetApartmentState().ToString() );
   }

}

import System.*;
import System.Threading.*;
import System.Threading.Thread;    

class ApartmentTest
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Thread newThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(ThreadMethod));

        newThread.set_ApartmentState(ApartmentState.MTA);

        // The following line is ignored since 
        // ApartmentState can only be set once.
        newThread.set_ApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
        Console.WriteLine("ThreadState: {0}, ApartmentState: {1}",
                        newThread.get_ThreadState(),
                        newThread.get_ApartmentState());
        newThread.Start();

        // Wait for newThread to start and go to sleep.
        Thread.Sleep(300);
        try {
            // This causes an exception since newThread is sleeping.
            newThread.set_ApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
        }
        catch (ThreadStateException stateException) {
            Console.WriteLine("\n{0} caught:\n" + 
                "Thread is not in the Unstarted or Running state.", 
                stateException.GetType().get_Name());
            Console.WriteLine("ThreadState: {0}, ApartmentState: {1}",
                newThread.get_ThreadState(),newThread.get_ApartmentState());
        }
    } //main

    static void ThreadMethod()
    {
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
    } //ThreadMethod
} //ApartmentTest