>After I drop the "Common Dialog" Active X control onto a form
>I try and access the property sheet. I get an
>"OLE error code 0x800a018a: unknown OLE status code"
>Thus, I cannot access the property sheet.
>All the other standard Active X controls work fine.
>
>Also, the "comdlg32.ocx" in the windows\system directory is less than
>325K ; I read somewhere that there is a problem with the version of the common dialog control that is bigger than 325 K.
>
>Thanks in advance.

there is a file in the files section that fixes registry settings for the active x controls that shipped w/ fox. i don't remember what messes up the settings but i think installing office97 was the culprit in my case.