Problem solved, no response required.
After downloading the demo version of databurner4, I just copied the ActiveX from it to my form.
Not sure why I couldn't get the ActiveX component directly from the the Component Gallery. Oh! Well! That's just one more mystery to add to my computer log.
Rex
Rex Toomey
ISD Port Macquarie NSW
Australia
'Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.'