.NET component in VB6

[wildcat_2000]

dear all,

as many here, i am new to .NET though i am an experienced VB programmer.

for integration purposes with an existing software engine, i need to provide this engine with hooking abilities to the RichTextBox component of .NET.

since i have a very complicated project in VB6, i do not want to upgrade all this project to .NET (i have no other need to than this requisite). the idea is then to find a way to use the RichTextBox .NET component in VB6.

to do so, i am trying to build a Windows Control Library with a graphical interface which will have the RichTextBox .NET component in it, and then use this control in my VB application.

i am totally able to register a .NET Windows Control Library as COM, so that i can see it in my 'References' Tab of my VB6 development environment.

the question is: how would i go to actually use a 'visible' component? references are computation routines, i need the graphical aspect of it. should i add a reference to my NET component and then create them in VB6 dynamically with something like:

.Controls.Add("MyNETcontrol", "ctlName")

any suggestions MORE than welcomed...

thank you in advance,

wc.