# HG changeset patch
# User cin
# Date 2017-04-21 11:27:17
# Node ID fe51010831503b05bd4086536e549d63b1577995
# Parent  9c32ef39b8519acf3686c05af119cfb89577f098

Fixed InteractiveListener to support OLE and clipboard.
Safe.Dispose methods made more convinent

diff --git a/Implab.Diagnostics.Interactive/InteractiveListener.cs b/Implab.Diagnostics.Interactive/InteractiveListener.cs
--- a/Implab.Diagnostics.Interactive/InteractiveListener.cs
+++ b/Implab.Diagnostics.Interactive/InteractiveListener.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ namespace Implab.Diagnostics.Interactive
         readonly Promise m_guiStarted = new Promise();
         
         readonly IPromise m_guiFinished;
-        //        readonly IPromise m_workerFinished = new Promise<object>();
         
         readonly MTQueue<TraceViewItem> m_queue = new MTQueue<TraceViewItem>();
         readonly AutoResetEvent m_queueEvent = new AutoResetEvent(false);
@@ -30,8 +29,8 @@ namespace Implab.Diagnostics.Interactive
         readonly ManualResetEvent m_pauseEvent = new ManualResetEvent(true);
 
         public InteractiveListener() {
-            m_guiFinished = AsyncPool.RunThread(GuiThread);
-            /*m_workerFinished = */AsyncPool.RunThread(QueueThread);
+            m_guiFinished = RunGuiThread();
+            AsyncPool.RunThread(QueueThread);
 
             m_guiStarted.Join();
         }
@@ -63,6 +62,31 @@ namespace Implab.Diagnostics.Interactive
             }
         }
 
+        public IPromise RunGuiThread() {
+            var p = new Promise();
+
+            var caller = TraceContext.Instance.CurrentOperation;
+
+            var worker = new Thread(() => {
+                TraceContext.Instance.EnterLogicalOperation(caller, false);
+                try {
+                    Application.OleRequired();
+                    GuiThread();
+                    p.Resolve();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    p.Reject(e);
+                } finally {
+                    TraceContext.Instance.Leave();
+                }
+            });
+            worker.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
+            worker.IsBackground = true;
+            worker.Name = string.Format("{0} GUI Thread", nameof(InteractiveListener));
+            worker.Start();
+
+            return p;
+        }
+
         public void Pause() {
             // for consistency we need to set this properties atomically
             lock (m_pauseLock) {
diff --git a/Implab/Safe.cs b/Implab/Safe.cs
--- a/Implab/Safe.cs
+++ b/Implab/Safe.cs
@@ -65,23 +65,31 @@ namespace Implab
             }
         }
 
-        public static void Dispose(IEnumerable<IDisposable> objects) {
+        public static void DisposeCollection(IEnumerable<IDisposable> objects) {
             foreach (var d in objects)
-                if (d != null)
-                    d.Dispose();
+                Dispose(d);
+        }
+
+        public static void DisposeCollection(IEnumerable objects) {
+            foreach (var d in objects)
+                Dispose(d);
         }
 
         public static void Dispose(object obj) {
-            var d = obj as IDisposable;
-            if (d != null)
-                d.Dispose();
+            if (obj is IDisposable) {
+                Dispose((IDisposable)obj);
+            } else if (obj is IEnumerable) {
+                Dispose((IEnumerable)obj);
+            }
         }
 
+        [DebuggerStepThrough]
         public static void DispatchEvent<T>(this EventHandler<T> handler, object sender, T args) {
             if (handler != null)
                 handler(sender, args);
         }
 
+        [DebuggerStepThrough]
         public static void DispatchEvent(this EventHandler handler, object sender, EventArgs args) {
             if (handler != null)
                 handler(sender, args);