Hi David

By "Drop one of them on a form" do you mean add it as an OLE using the OLE container or just use file manager to drag and drop?

Also I always thought that only ACTIVEX (OCX) COM's could be added this way.

For instance, will this work with the CDO object I mentioned in my post?

>Bernard,
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>If you drop one of them on a form you can look at the OLEClass property on the property sheet.
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>>I need help in finding the name of a COM object.
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>>For instance if I need to use the CDO object in WIn2k I use:
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>>oMsg = CREATEOBJECT("CDO.Message")
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>>and to use the windows Scripting :
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>>oWshFile = CREATEOBJECT("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
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>>But how exactly do I find out that I am to use "CDO.Message" or "Scripting.FileSystemObject"?
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>>Specifically the "CDO" and "Scripting" part when I want to use COM libraries.
>>For instance when I open the Object browser in VFP and select the COM tab, I see all these COM servers(?) listed with events, methods, properties etc.
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>>But I can see nowhere the name that I can use in my CREATEOBJECT(cClass) statement.
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>>So, how exactly do I get this information from a COM server so that I can use it in a VFP application.
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>>IN VB all that is needed is to include a reference to it in my project and use the name displayed there.
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>>In VFP is it guesswork or is there some way of finding out?