No it is not directly possible to load a Java applet on an Activex control. the applet needs to run in the VM which is available in the web browser. As of now I have not heard on any ActiveX that hosts a Java applet. The only way you can do this is by invoking the web browser from your application with an HTML page that loads the applet. By the way why do you want to load a Java applet from a VB application.