Mike,

Sorry for the long delay in answering...

>... if you have any further information regarding the steps to call the com object I will put them to good use.

These .NET pages may be of use:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dotnet/cptools/cpgrftypelibraryimportertlbimpexe.htm
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dotnet/cpguide/cpconexposingcomcomponentstonetframework.htm
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dotnet/cpguide/cpconcallingmethodsoncomobject.htm

You might want to search through the archives at http://discuss.develop.com/dotnet.html, looking for COM or TLBIMP