Well, the entire purpose was to avoid using javascript to pull the value from the box since in this case there would have been 40 - 50 of these embedded textboxes. It's been a very long time since I solved the problem, but I remember after using a tech support call into Microsoft they solved the issue several days later by having me check a checkbox of some sort. The activeX control can be given a default value(I don't remember exactly how to set it up anymore) but when it is given a default value, that value will then automatically be passed via the HTML form just as the HTML textboxes behave.