[ActiveX] How do i load an activeX control at runtime

[Pointy]

I'm trying to load the activex control for Windows Media player at runtime, but i don't know how. I can use it with classwizard, no problem.

any pointers would be appreciated

[stuka]

Digging into my (tiny) bit of COM/ActiveX knowledge:
What you have to do, IIRC, is create an IUnknown pointer, and try to load the IID of the Media Player interface (what that is I have NO idea). From there, you can use QueryInterface() to ask for a pointer to the correct WMP interface for your functions, and use THAT pointer to actually call your functions. I don't know how this works with ActiveX, but I'm fairly sure that's the process for standard COM objects.

[Pointy]

heh we're at the same point, stuka. thanks though