>Gunnar, the problem is that the ActiveX has the nasty behaiviour of trying to be always on top, thus the combo is hidden behind it. Some time ago we were displaying moving objects on top of a Kodak imaging ActiveX, and if I remember correctly the trick was setting the focus constantly on the moving objects (+ ZOrder(0)? can't remember). In any case we finally decided to create our own class to display images (Zoom + Pan etc) instead of using the ActiveX


well, i have now my own toolbar. wasn't that much work afterall. it's not with all the bells & whistles, but it serves my purpose nicly, looks good, and is easely extentable.

i talk about it in thread #991788 with a question there.

thanks for your help (gaved you a star <s>).