i probably wouldn't bother using either unless client insisted -- just remembered reading something about the coolbar problems here and stumbled across that trying to find something at the m$ site (never did find what i was looking for)


>I think ActiveBar - a third party control - works fine in VFP. I do agree however, that ActiveX controls that ship with VS - should work in VFP. But, there are alternatives.
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>>Why doesn't the Coolbar ActiveX control work in Visual FoxPro?
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>>The Coolbar ActiveX control is a container control. Visual FoxPro cannot communicate with any ActiveX controls that support containership. This containership allows child windows that cause message processing problems in Visual FoxPro.