Hello, OK, I''ve had enough. I''ve tried copying form my book, and that doesn''t work. I''ve tried the MS docs, and that didn''t help (tell me something new...). I give up. Please, could someone tell me how the hell I can use COM with this ''CComPtr'' thing with COM? I can''t find help on it anywhere, and I''m told it''s the easiest way to run COM, but my little brain can''t take it! Could someone please just help me out here? All I really need is some sort of demo code, showing AddRef and Release, QueryInterface and so on, and which ones I need to reference. If someone would tell me I would be really grateful. I''d give something in return, but... Thanks, Wilben.