>>Since VFP 7 we are required to use a VCX as a base class for OCX (Active X). Is this also the case with Word and Excel OLE?
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>>Is a VCX required for these guys and what control (OCX?) would serve as the base class?
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>>Thanks
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>Do you want to put Excel image on the form?

No - But its needs to render Word images. One project generates Excel Charts - but does not use Excels VBA Image control. Mostly the app just opens word documents in a print preview window.

The Active X used to let us instanicate in code. We still can, but only when the VFP developer license is intalled.

To prevent OCX from crashing the system, after VFP 7, requires a vcx container for the base class. A few days ago a user calls and tells me the eval system is running great - except that a button that links to a Word socument opens a couple of word sessions (real fast!) when he selects that feature from the apps menu.

The Word COM is the only guy w/o a VCX. Only one call - but I was curious. I have a "word.document" control in the VFP options. I have been using the "Word.Application" inside CREATEOBJECT(). Maybe that's the Word Viewer COM?

Do I need a VCX for a Word COM ? I am not anticpating Excel Images. Thanks!