>With the added headache of not having a persistent VFP session with it's command window history there. There's also the problem that while in the VC method code VFP doesn't get paint messages so it's screen blanks out and you can't refer to the VFP memvars or trace window. I might try using the VFP debugger in it's own frame to see if that helps.

You can use both debuggers in the same time. But this not of much help, since VFP is single threaded. So, while you're in the COM method, VFP is not running. Or, better said, you can't have both VFP and VC++ code running in the same time.

Vlad