Use SetDlgItemText(...) function in the OnInitDialog() handler of the dialog box. eg SetDlgItemText(IDC_E_DATA,string_data); R.Balachandran

Here I have given a sample working code for a COM client // COMClientDlg.cpp : implementation file #include "stdafx.h" #include "COMClient.h" #include "COMClientDlg.h" #include "COMServer.h" #include "COMServer_i.c" ............................ ............................ ............................ HRESULT hr; IMessage *msg; hr = CoInitialize(0); //initialize COM if( SUCCEEDED(hr) ) { hr = CoCreateInstance( CLSID_Message, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IMessage, (void **)&msg ); if( SUCCEEDED(hr) ) { msg->Show(); msg->Release(); } else { AfxMessageBox("Cannot create COM object"); } CoUninitialize(); //uninitialize COM } else { AfxMessageBox("Cannot initialize COM"); } This code worked fine when I tested under an MFC dialog project. The server was created as a DLL by the ATL wizard. While creating a simple object the following options were selected. Threading Model - apartment Interface - dual Aggregation - yes If you still have trouble you can mail your code to me R.BALACHANDRAN

Did you use the ATL wizard? What is the error yu get? R.Balachandran

The following example code can be used for loading a BMP file image in any vc++ application. HBITMAP hbitmap; hbitmap = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(NULL,"C:\\house.bmp",IMAGE_BITMAP,0,0,LR_LOADFROMFILE); HDC hmemdc; hmemdc = CreateCompatibleDC(pDC->m_hdc); SelectObject(hmemdc,hbitmap); BitBlt(pDC->m_hdc,0,0,image_width,image_height,hmemdc,0,0,SRCCOPY); For viewing as a background image in an SDI application the above code can be used inside the OnDraw(CDC *pDC) method of view class. For loading a JPEG file you can use external JPEG libraries such as the IJL15.DLL which is freely available. R.Balachandran