>Using COM EXE kills my ability to multithread.

Uh no...

you can't multithread VFP - only a client app can run multiple VFP threads. And you can do that just fine with an EXE. But that's not the point Al was getting at I think - make sure the ActiveX control works in an EXE first.

COM DLLS have a number of limitations on what can be instantiated in them. Specifically a COM component that's instantiated inside of it has to be STA threaded where it's possible to create MTA/Both threaded components in an EXE. So two things: Make sure it works in VFP at all, and second check whether it supports STA operation.

+++ Rick ---