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>>Thanks Tom, that's got me going again.
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>>so OCX is OLE eh? I guess we are expected to make quantum leaps in understanding or read the manuals or something...
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>No, it was OLE, then OCX & now ActiveX!!!

actually it is went like that:
VBXs were 16bit OLE object then they called
it OCXs - 32bit OLE objects
now MS changed OLE into ActiveX
as the new MS strategy of mixed internet and local computing
so new OCXs are known as ActiveX controls

Arnon