Interesting idea there.

I wasn't aware the mappoint Control sponsored a means to copy the map to the clipboard.

I realized what causes the hang, if the control instance has the map currently 'open', and I go to instantiate the map point application object, second instance hangs, if I 'close' the map that's displayed with the mappoint control, and THEN instantiate MO (some humor for ESRI people there), it doesn't hang, but, I end up flashing the screen blank for a split second during save.

Using the control explicitly would be terrific, what's odd is I see MapPoint Application Object HAS a .UserControl property that can be set to True, yet, I don't get the stripped down control when I set this, so I just use the control explicitly, however, as stated above, no means to save to 'other than' a .ptm file with the control.

I like the clipboard idea, however, I'm not sure what means exist to push the control's map to the clipboard.

Thoughts ?