Hi George,

>And this isn't directed at you, anyone wanting more knowledge about the subject (and with access to the MSDN library) should check out Technical Articles/Component Object Model. OLE is a subject beneath that, and includes a paper "What OLE Is Really About by Kraig Brockschmidt, which gives the history and background.

Thanks for the pointer to this file, I hadn't seen this one yet. Now if I could just get my boss to read it :)