>>Ah, but we can take solace in the fact that VB can't, either. :-)
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>Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't VB.NET getting freethreading?

Yeah, see my reply to Ed. What was rattling around in my brain was not what came out of my fingers. I've got to quit posting at midnight. :-)

>You mean try implementing IObjectControl with VFP to see if you can get it to pool? Won't work- component Services checks the threading model before enabling the option in the Application properties sheet.

Ah, I wondered about that, just hadn't gotten around to trying it. I doubt you could implement the interface anyway, since COM+ is supposedly the only one that can see it.