>I have a third party ActiveX control that thrives in VB (natch) and struggles in VFP6. I am trying the known workarounds and it is still struggling. This could be my motivation to upgrade :>)

Jim;

Or to stay with the VB ActiveX control! I have a few such animals I have created in VC++, VB and VFP. The most robust are the VC++ objects in my case. Somehow I would expect this. When all else fails you have to punt.

Tom