ActiveX Control Running on Separate Thread

Hi all,
I have an ActiveX control developed in Visual C++ 6.0 that I want to use
in a C# project. I want the ActiveX code to run on a separate thread, but
can't seem to get it to work. If for example my ActiveX member has an
infinite loop, the .NET app gives all processing to the ActiveX and never
returns, not even to redraw the window. Here is what I tried (in a
nutshell):

VC++ 6.0 OCX code:

void CMyAXControlCtr l::Loop()
{
while(1) {} // infinite loop
}

C# application code:

private void MyThreadTask()
{
axMyAXControl1. Loop(); // calls the ActiveX infinite loop
function
}

private void foo()
{
threadAX = new Thread(new ThreadStart(thi s.MyThreadTask) );
threadAX.Start( );
}

Note that my Main function in C# is declared with [STAThread], if I
declare it as [MTAThread] I get an unhandled exception of type
'System.Threadi ng.ThreadStateE xception' in system.windows. forms.dll (Could
not instantiate ActiveX control because the current thread is not in a
single-threaded apartment.)

Of course if I do not use an AX control and have the equivalent code in my
C# project, the threading works fine (just made sure!!!):

private void MyThreadTask()
{
// axMyAXControl1. Loop(); // calls the ActiveX infinite loop
function
while (true) {}
}

private void foo()
{
threadAX = new Thread(new ThreadStart(thi s.MyThreadTask) );
threadAX.Start( );
}

Thanks in advance,

Javier Bertran