>I am, as usual, totally confused. I found a neat control in a VCX that I want to add to my VCX collection of controls. So I open my VCX and create a new class based on this new control. Now, whenever I compile the app, the other VCX gets brought in and compiled, resulting in a lot of overhead that I do not want to carry. How can I get just the control that I want without re-coding it?

Add "the other VCX" to your project and mark it as "Excluded" (go to menu, Project option, choose Exclude option). Now, when you build your app, the project will find the control but will not recompile it (even if you choose "Recompile all").

Vlad