OK, now I'm back doing some coding work I'll show you exactly instead of from my note book
Code:
Dim objmap As MapPoint.Map
I normally dothat in the globals at the start, just in case
Code:
Me.AxMappointControl1.NewMap("C:\mymapname.ptm")
objmap = AxMappointControl1.ActiveMap
And thats in form.load
Once you've declared objmap as a mappoint object and assigned it to the active map of your control, selectedarea will be a control you can selet from it
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