Brian,

OK, well, if you can declare it outside of the try/catch, no problem:

XceedZipLib.XceedZipClass loZipper;
try
{
  loZipper = new XceedZipLib.XceedZipClass();
}
etc....

but if just the declaration is blowing up (if the COM object doesn't exist), then I think tha you have no choice but to put it all in the try/catch (or call another method from inside the try/catch that does everything that you need to have done).

~~Bonnie




>Brian,
>>
>>Yeah, duh, I wasn't thinking. What I should have suggested was to put *everything* in the try
>
>Bonnie,
>
>I *could* put everything in the try, but I don't want to :)
>
>
>- Brian