"David Fixemer" wrote in message
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My Excel97 at work will not recognize already
installed ActiveX components (i.e. c:\winnt\system32
\comdlg32.dll). My Excel97 at home does! My current
thinking is that if I could obtain a custom written
activeX control and install it, everything would be okay.


I assume your problem is with using these controls in the
design environment, i.e. adding them too a Userform rather
than using a predefined userform in an application. This
is a licensing issue. Essentially you need either Visual Studio
Professional or the Developer Edition of Office to
use these controls in design mode but any office installation
may use them.

Surely somewhere there is a website that contains
hundreds/thousands of ActiveX controls for Excel97. My
question is where/what address?


There is no single source for such contols. While Microsoft
have a standard set that ships with Windows there are
extensions that go with the Development platforms and
anyone with a compiler can develop their own which
often require a license to be purchased.

Keith