You need VFPCOM.DLL and you need to have it registered.

regsvr32 vfpcom.dll

>We are attempting to use VFPCOM, and are having trouble getting
>this to work on a NT machine without installing the full visual
>studio. The problem is that it will not instantiate. The code
>works fine if visual studio is installed.
>
>Has anyone run into this problem before?
>
>Can someone tell me what needs to be installed in order to
>get vfpcom to instantiate?
>
>Thanks in Advance
>CW