Hmmm - you're using VB.NET but still using VC++ 6.0? That makes no sense what so ever...there's so much good support for importing COM objects easily in later versions of VC++...look up #import.... Open the type library for VB.NET DLL in the OLE/COM Object Viewer (open the Type Libraries branch of the tree view and select your project's type library - it'll be named after your project) to see what interfaces and classes the DLL exports. This'll show the DLL is properly registered and also show you what object you have access to. Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!