I have experienced the same problems. I can't believe that the authors

of many of the Wrox textbooks have actually tested their code. If they

had I am sure they would have received the same results.



I did develop a work around, but it code work in a IE5.5 browser

installed on the same machine as the webserver (NT40 sp6/IIS40).



When I attempted to call the page from another PC on the same 

intranet which had IE40 as the web client the page failed to 

load. IE40 complained that there was a VBSCript error. IE5.5

had worked okay.



Moreover, when I tested the same code on my Win2000 Pro, PWS98

box at home it again failed. The OBJECT was not instantiated.



I don't know the cause of the problem. But is it is probably

a conglomeration of many different causes.



I hope this helps you understand the sample CODE does not work

as advertised.



Dallas Martin