Hi Rip,

I haven't tried to use VI with ActiveX yet so I can't help you there. I have submitted the shortcut question to two MS reps and haven't got an answer yet. If I ever hear from them I'll post the answer here.

Bob

>I'm having a bear of a time getting the VS Installer to work. First I have a couple of ActiveX controls I need to install and I don't understand the whole "merge file" thing. If someone can explain how to install an ActiveX control (onr from the windows common controls collectione) that would be great.
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>Also I can't get the stupid thing to make a shortcut that works. It puts the right info in the target line but doesn't put anything in the "start in" line of the shortcut.
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>Thanks in advance.