I cannot see any differences. Could I send to you my testRTF form? May be you will see something that I am missing.

>Yuri,
>
>I tested code below and it worked. What could be different in your case?
>
>>Sergey,
>>
>>I also thought so, but sendkeys() did not work even manually hitted CTRL+V worked indicating that setfocus() implemented.
>>>Hi Yuri,
>>>
>>>Yes, all ActiveX controls run in there own windows. You can use SetFocus method of there olecontainer to activate particular ActiveX. For example,

Thisform.oRtf.SetFocus()
>>>oShell = Createobject("wscript.shell")
>>>oShell.SendKeys([^V])

will paste clipboard into RTF control the same as WM_PASTE message.