>Hi Everybody
>
>In VB6 we have to first add the Component to project reference list ( by TOOLS\REFERENCES menu item ),
> in order to use all sub classes of ACTIVE-X objects in VB6.
>I would like to know if there is a way to do this in VFP.
>
>I Tried :
>
>Public Sf As Mapwingis.ShapeFile
>sf=Createobject("Mapwingis.ShapeFile.1")
>
>but it doesn't work.

I answered this over on Foxite, but I'll repeat myself.

You don't have to do this in VFP. However, if you want IntelliSense for the controls, you need to register them in the IntelliSense Manager.

Tools | IntelliSense Manager
Types
Type Libraries
check the ones you want

Tamar