Thanks

I've managed to get in (create the object).

Let the games begin. Will let you know how it goes when I get the data.

Geoff

>Geoff,
>
>If you added it to your VB project through the References menu option then it's not an ActiveX control per se. In this case it would be a regular COM DLL which would have a ProgID that you can use with CreateObject().
>
>If you don't have this info or VB sample code you can do a registry search for the GUID that you included below and look for the Key/Value of its "version independent progid" to use for your CreateObject() call.
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>If in fact it is an ActiveX then it could be one of those that don't play well in VFP. In which case all I can say is good luck.
>
>>That is exactly my point. I cant seem to do either. I have tried adding the DLL to the list both in the tools and in the Insert Control dialog with no success.
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>>Yet when I use VB.net and add a reference to the project my ActiveX is there. I am pretty unfamiliar with VB so I have not got much further. Another thing I noticed on the VB side is that the COM Reference list is much bigger than the list one gets within VFP.
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>>Why is this?
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>>Once I have added the refernce to my VB project I can see the class ID (or Identity as it is called in VB)
>>
>>

{8B79962D-6444-4B64-81B3-BB9711C86B4E}\3.1\0\tlbimp

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>>and VB refers to the reference as being of type ActiveX
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>>I can also use the VFP Object browser to load and view the classes, their properties & methods within the DLL. It displays the following info
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>>

Library XenoNet6000
>>File: C:\PROGRAM FILES\XENONET6000\XENONET6000.DLL
>>Help File: This library doesn't have an associated help file.
>>GUID: {8B79962D-6444-4B64-81B3-BB9711C86B4E}

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>>This is the second DLL/ActiveX/COM object that I have been unable to access via VFP yet others using VB can access it. Obviously, there is something missing somewhere that VFP needs before it can load/create the object and there is clearly some difference between VB and VFP.
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>>The question is what is that difference or to put it another way what do I have to do to be able to create my ADO object?
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>>>Hi Geoff,
>>>
>>>Registered ActiveX control should appear in list of ActiveX controls (Tools->Options->Controls). After checking this control should appear in controls toolbar (when it switched to ActiveX controls mode). Please take into account that controls in list are sorted in case-sensitive order. If control is still not in list, then you can press "Add..." button and select required ocx file.
>>>If you have a simple COM object (not a control), then just create this object in code:
>>>obj = CreateObject("SomeLibrary.SomeObject")
>>>In this case it not required to add the reference to object in VFP.
>>>
>>>>I have a (ADO) com object which has been supplied to me for interfacing purposes.
>>>>
>>>>I ran their install program and also used regsvr32 on the .dll
>>>>
>>>>When I try and add the object in the form designer it is not there. When I go into visual studio.net and add the reference it is.
>>>>
>>>>What is the difference between VB and VFP???
>>>>How do I make the COM object visible to VFP???