>>>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.
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>>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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>>BOb
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>Hey Bob! :)
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>Yep. Have done that. Still doesn't like it for some reason. I ended up adding it to a toolbar and instantiating that instead.

I was going to suggest a shape control, which is what I use to host a treeview control/navigation menu on the left of our application... but, I guess a toolbar would work... reason I like a shape is that it can be sized alot better than a toolbar.

BOb