>How do I add an ActiveX control such as DBI Tech's ctListBar to the VFP desktop? Trying _screen.addobject() doesn't do it and it seems pointless to have to add this control to a form and show the form on the desktop.

Have you created a class with the ActiveX object in an OLE container? All ActiveX in VFP have to be in the OLE container... as far as I know.

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