I came accross this note in the MapPoint Help File.

Note With MapPoint 2004, the MapPoint Control is supported only in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or later. This does not include Visual Basic for Applications (for example, the Visual Basic for Applications included with Microsoft Office). It also does not include Microsoft Internet Explorer. You can use MapPoint as an ActiveDocument in Internet Explorer to achieve the same functionality.

This is listed under "Getting started with the MapPoint control."

Thanks for any help,

Tracy Lowell