using activex controls w/o MFC or ATL??

Hi,

I'm trying to write an application (GUI) ... basically a player which uses all of windows media player functionality.

I need ur advise and recommendations .... i'd like to know how to use activex controls in a win32 program without hvaing to use MFC or ATL. Can someone point me to a walkthru or let me know what I should be looking for specifically on the net?

thanks for any input, much appreciated!

Nadir

Use VB6