Good idea,
Nothing is impossible when you have some motivation!
The activex name is MapPoint.Control.11
I don't think I will have enough time to give you a complete assistance on that. Sorry for that! My Holidays are finishing tomorrow and the Mappoint project for my business is running now !!!
I started with the "Mappoint for dummies" book, it's useful for European people also!.
This forum is very rich, you will find a friendly assistance here.
I think, without having experience in programming, you can start
with Excel or ACCESS if you know how to add VBA code in Excel.
See for example this topic:
http://www.mp2kmag.com/mappoint/disc...ighlight=excel
Good luck