i want to get clear some doubts abt active-x exe and standard exe. as far i know word is an standard exe and active-x exe as we can run it as standard and we can create its object and use . when i try to creat an active-x exe and use it in my other project it works fine but when i double click and try to use it as standard exe then it doesnt work... why so ? if i agree that active-x exe cant work as standard then how MS Word works ?? is there any property in project setting which makes this ? and any one can pls tell me more abt active-x exe that it cant have message boxes , about its threading model etc. and how it affects active-x exe .

thanks in advance