>>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.
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>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.

thanks for the initial idea
what exactly do you mean when you say "a file in the files seciton"
"the files section" of ?

again any help is appreciated!