Creating an ActiveX document is done by selecting New Project from the File menu, and then selecting ActiveX document DLL or ActiveX document EXE. You should choose EXE if you what to create a project that doesn’t require the user to exclusively use a container application to view data. This will allow the project to run as a standalone application. In addition, choosing EXE will each instance of your ActiveX document started in a separate address space, and it will support both modeless and modal forms. The DLL has faster performance, but only supports modal forms.