>>When I add the coolbar control to a form in VFP, the form instantiates, but it does not become visible. I need to find some info on how to use the CoolBar control in VFP 6.0. Where is my source.
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>It has been confirmed that it doesn't work... Something about VFP not being aboe to host ActiveX controls that are containers or some such.
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>If you want an alternatvie, check out Active Bar by http://www.datadynamics.com/... It works firly well in VFP... you can see it in use in Rick Strahls off line reader and Visual WebBuilder.
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Hi BOb,

Here's a quote from the KB artle:

"The problems occur because Visual FoxPro can not process the messages from these child controls in the Band; therefore, erratic responses occur. In fact, Visual FoxPro cannot handle any ActiveX controls that support containership."

In essense it boils down to VFP's non-standard method of processing Window's messages.