>>It's not the ideal way to do this, but it works.

Gee, now that is something to hang your hat on...< s >...

FWIW, I never said you HAD to do any of that stuff to run your DLL in MTS. Rather, you have to do that stuff if you want to make sure resources and the like are released..

You will need to forgive the obvious mistake on my part for suggesting to do something in the ideal and correct manner...< s >..