damn hijackers ;) I use VS2003, too. At first i just integrated the mediaplayer in my toolbox like you. But as i found out i didn't have that controls-interface in my mediaplayer (but the microsoft-one has) i downloaded the SDK. I still can't compile their sample-app. Btw: I have a Controls-interface.. but not the one that microsoft in the sample uses ;) . But i can't type wmp.Controls(myindex); because in my VS2003 it's not a method.. In the microsoft-sample it's also written lowercase ('controls') and it has functions like play, stop and pause. This friggin thing is starting to go on my nerves.. why can't it just work as it's supposed to be.. or at least as the help tells me it works..