Agreed with you, but search is good here. Use it :) Also, i am 90%+ of time viewing lounge and bookmarked same, so i use left links mostly when needed.

nah. We've gone paperless - nobody prints anymore ;P You've created the font object but have you selected it into the printer DC before you render what you're going to print? Mark "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

Oh never mind. I found out what I did wrong by reading this tutorial: http://www.codeproject.com/com/CompleteActiveX.asp[^]

there's no way in document explorer to explicitly set proxy. it's taking from internet explorer. it's not asking for authentication. however when im load a website in a new window inside the document explorer, it behaves as IE and works fine. but that credentials i have passed not taking in the search window :( SaRath. _"Before you can learn to recognize what's wrong, you must learn to recognize what's right" - Raymond Chen." My Blog | Understanding State Pattern_

You can still compile it as native code, VC8 doesn't force you to convert it all to managed.

Thanks -- just what I was looking for ;)

Stober wrote: Do I have to resort to sending normal win32 api messages to populate the combo box list? Yes, if you stick with plain ATL. You can also use WTL, which has the control wrappers that you're looking for. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

See the other reply. You won't learn about a new language and framework in an hour. Believe me, from experience, C#/.NET is ten times faster/easier to use than the corresponding Win32 API (with or without MFC) in 99% of the cases. You'll just have to search for the appropiate classes to do your job. One thing .NET is a thousand times better is that it has been designed from the ground up, so all the classess are very consistent with each other, whether you are developing a Windows or a web app. Take your time to learn this new technology, and I'll bet anything you won't want to go back! :-> -- LuisR Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix - Chihuahua, Mexico Not much here: My CP Blog! The amount of sleep the average person needs is five more minutes. -- Vikram A Punathambekar, Aug. 11, 2005

Perfect -- thank you so very much!:)

Thanks. I never realized that existed!

Given that the client (COM server) is communicating with the web server via TCP/IP, one solution is winsock. Kuphryn

Thanks for your suggestion --exactly what I wanted.:)