>...I need to use an Active-X control (winsock) to listen for
>TCP/IP messages and then respond. Does the Acive-X control have
>to be placed on a form or can I programmatically create one in
>a prg and have the whole thing run without a form?

Sounds like a good task for a webService. Did You ever think of
that? All You would need is IIS and SOAP installed additionally
to what You already have.