>Nick
>
>This Init() code:
>
>

>strtofile("In ImpactCOM.Init" + chr(13)+chr(10),"impactcom.log")
>IF ! dodefault()
>	RETURN .F.
>ENDIF
>	
>strtofile("ImpactCOM created" + chr(13)+chr(10),"impactcom.log",.t.)
>

>
>Since I can run a FOPEN on the DLL file and get a file handle, I guess the COM server is not running.
>
>If I attempt to create the COM application class from VFP, there are no errors.
>
>Doesn't the COM server try to run after compilation of the DLL?

As others say - no, it does not run automatically after compiling. You have to instantiate it.

oMyCOM = CREATEOBJECT("MyComProject.ImpactCOM")

Then you can check, for example, for TYPE("oMyCOM")= "O" AND !ISNULL(oMycom), or check any of it's properties.