>>I thought I read somewhere (VFP Help?) that you could use an ActiveX control without registering it as long as the OCX file is in the current directory. I can't find that statement now. Anyone know if that is correct?
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>It's not that simple. You have to use application manifest file to "register" it for your application http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973913.aspx.

I did some testing, and this is what I'm seeing: If an ActiveX control is not registered and VFP can find the OCX file, VFP will register it for you. In Windows Vista/7, this means you have to run VFP as admin. Not what I was hoping for, but this must be what I read before.