C# 0 The Complete Reference

PART II

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 is inherited from 

Control

.

Next is the 

Main( )

 method, which is declared much like the 

Main( )

 methods found 

throughout the rest of this book. It is the method at which program execution begins. Notice, 

however, that it is preceded by the 

STAThread

 attribute. As a general rule, the 

Main( )

method of a Windows program should have this attribute. It sets the threading model for the 

program to a 

single

-

threaded apartment

 (STA). (A discussion of threading models and apartments 

is beyond the scope of this chapter, but briefly, a Windows application can use one of two 

different threading models: single-threaded apartment or multithreaded apartment.)

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