LOCAL loform AS FORM loForm = CREATEOBJECT("Form") loForm.ADDOBJECT("agent", "oleControl", "Agent.Control.2") *loForm.Agent.Characters.LOAD("Genie", "http://agent.microsoft.com/characters/genie/genie.acf") loForm.Agent.Characters.LOAD("Genie", "c:\dev1\test\genie.acf") *loForm.Agent.Characters.LOAD("Merlin", "Merlin.acs") loForm.SHOW() loRequest = loForm.Agent.Characters("Genie").SHOW() DO WHILE INLIST(loRequest.STATUS, 2, 4) DOEVENTS ENDDO loRequest = loForm.Agent.Characters("Genie").Speak("Hello") DO WHILE INLIST(loRequest.STATUS, 2, 4) DOEVENTS ENDDOsame result - no character but the baloon