>Thanks Larry.
>
>can I issue "declare integer DllRegisterServer in Comctl32.ocx" and "DllRegisterServer()" at the client site even though they only have run time files.

Yes. All you are doing is declaring a DLL function. This is supported under any version of VFP. You will need to have the OCX and all of its support files on the local PC. You can use the VS utility Depends.Exe to determine what files are needed for the OCX to work. You can also get this information from the dependency file. It is usually named the same as the OCX but with DEP extension. It will list the files needed for the OCX to work. For example, Comctl32.OCX needs the following:

COMCAT.DLL