Hi Bob,
I'll only touch briefly on the ActiveX containership question. Be forewarned, however, that this is pure guesswork on my part, although it does have some basis from MS documentation. I read something recently on exactly why the Coolbar control doesn't work. If I recall correctly, one the reasons that is a problem is that VFP objects aren't Windows standard object. All Windows standard objects have the capacity to process messages. I don't that VFP's have the ability. Therefore, unless there are some very fundamental changes in this area, I think that it's highly unlikely that you'll see improvement in this area. However, if someone on the Foxteam, or someone more knowledgable about this says otherwise, I'll happily retract this.
George
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