>>The following works for me from the command window. Would probably work under runtime?

>>oForm = newobject('form')
>>oForm.AddObject('oleWinsock','oleControl', 'MSWinsock.Winsock.1')
>>lcIP = oForm.oleWinsock.LocalIP
>>lcHost = oForm.oleWinsock.LocalHostName

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>Mark,
>It wouldn't because AddObject also needs the development license to work. It will work if you build an EXE and run it from your Development PC but it won't work on a user PC because the necessary license registry key is not installed.

So this is the same issue as the Progress bar control where you have to subclass the progress bar by dropping it on a form, then using that class in your apps.