>2. I have never used an Active x control before... I know that you have to 'register' it ?? what does this mean / involve


In the run dialog:

RegSvr32 myControl.dll


>3. When I distibute my app. do I have to do something else on every maccine it runs on because it will now comtain a third party active x.

If you use the VFP setup wizard, it allows you to specify ActiveX controls to sitribute and register during Setup.