> I'd be very happy if someone could explain how design mode interacts with
> ActiveX controls, i.e. custom written controls, not the ones that comes
with
> Word to be used on UserForms.

> What we want to do is to "enhance" Words ordinary shape objects by letting
> our own ActiveX control take the place of the shape object. By enhance I
> above all mean being able to handle more mouse events.

> What we have done so far is to write an ActiveX control and write VBA code
> in a template to add the control to the active document with the
> ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddOLEControl call. Now when we create a document
> based on the template and add our control we wont get the events of the
> control working unless the document is put into design mode. Now,
"working"
> is a bit of an overstatement since double-clicking the control will take
you
> to the VBA editor, which of course is a bad thing for an end user.

> Have we missed something or is it just not possible to do what we want to
> do?

> Many thank in advance

> / Lasse T.