Hi Ken!

So now, the script given by Dave tells me the object is created. I didn't
change anything, except maybe simply restarting my PC. And I didn't dream the
las ttime, as I remember that the upper case "NOT" in the message box made me
smile.

Anyway, I attempted to strike on both side : i modified my code to display a
message box before doing anything, and I checked the fusion log. In details:

* Though I don't use VSTO, my work is based on a VSTO template. Meaning I
have the IDTExtensibility implemented in the connect.designer.vb file, and
the connect method in the Connect class. So I tried putting a Msgbox in both
the connect method and the previously unchanged OnConnection method. None of
them appeared. Strange...

* The fusion log is also quite amazing : when I load the COM object using
Dave's script, I have the message box telling me the object is loaded, and I
can see 4 entries in the fusion log. Now, when I launch Outlook (with load
behavior = 3), or when I go to the com mgt dialog and start my add-in,
nothing appears in the fusion log, as if there wasn't any attempt to load the
COM object. Let me mention that I tool care of logging all binds.

My conclusion is that my object is loaded by Dave's script, but for some
reason, not by Outlook. And this is why my message boxes don't appear.
One way to doublecheck this would be to add a few lines of code to Dave's
script to simulate the call made by outlook, I guess by retreiving an
existing instance of outlook and calling the OnConnection... but as I'm a
very absolute beginner newbie apprentice to VBScript, I don't know how to
achieve this.

Then I'd like to investigate further on how Outlook can reject a com add-in
like that.

One difference with my home PC is the Linked in COM add-in which seems to be
non-managed (doesn't call mscoee-thingamabob.dll), and is installed on my
work PC where my add-in fails. In case it could interfere, i tried to uncheck
it in the COM dialog, and then uninstalling it, but none of these actions
changed anything.

Any help much appreciated!
Thanks in advance.

Cedric.