Installing VB Component at run-time version

I've done the exact same thing...
you cannot use the common dialog ocx with version 7..
reason is: Access was further down the development cycle when the VB4 ocxes were standardized so they are not always compatible...
here's your options:
you have to use the MSAU7032.DLL (which is the commondialog equivalent for access 7...
here's the declaration--- (this declare function is from the Access 95 Developer's Handbook which I can't recommend enough)--
Declare Function glr_msauGetFileName Lib "MSAU7032.DLL" Alias "#1" _
 (gfni As glr_msauGetFileNameInfo, ByVal fOpen As Long) As Long
 

here's the wrapper function:

Function glrGetFileName(gfni As glr_msauGetFileNameInfo, ByVal fOpen As Boolean) As Long

    ' A wrapper function for glr_msauGetFileName() in MSAU7032.DLL.
    ' Unlike choosing a color, you are interested in several of the
    ' values coming back from glr_msauGetFileName, so it doesn't
    ' make sense to use optional parameters here: it's better to just
    ' pass in the structure, so you can retrieve whatever values you
    ' want from it once you're done.
    '
    ' From Microsoft Access 95 Developer's Handbook
    ' by Litwin, Getz, Gilbert and Reddick (Sybex)
    ' Copyright 1995.  All rights reserved.
   
    ' In:
    '     gfni: structure containing information about file to open/save
    '     fOpen: True = Open File, False = Save File
    ' Out:
    '     gfni: Filled with info about the chosen filename
    '     Return Value: glrErrSuccess (0) if successful, non-zero otherwise.

    Dim lngRetval As Long
    Dim strNull As String

    strNull = Chr$(0)
    ' Null terminate all the elements of the structure.
    With gfni
        .strFilter = RTrim$(.strFilter) & strNull
        .strCustomFilter = RTrim$(.strCustomFilter) & strNull
        .strFile = RTrim$(.strFile) & strNull
        .strFileTitle = RTrim$(.strFileTitle) & strNull
        .strInitialDir = RTrim$(.strInitialDir) & strNull
        .strTitle = RTrim$(.strTitle) & strNull
        .strDefExt = RTrim$(.strDefExt) & strNull
    End With
   
    lngRetval = glr_msauGetFileName(gfni, fOpen)

    With gfni
        .strFilter = glrTrimNull(.strFilter)
        .strCustomFilter = glrTrimNull(.strCustomFilter)
        .strFile = glrTrimNull(.strFile)
        .strFileTitle = glrTrimNull(.strFileTitle)
        .strInitialDir = glrTrimNull(.strInitialDir)
        .strTitle = glrTrimNull(.strTitle)
        .strDefExt = glrTrimNull(.strDefExt)
    End With
    glrGetFileName = lngRetval
End Function

the type def:

' ==== GetFileName ========================
Type glr_msauGetFileNameInfo
    hWndOwner As Long
    strFilter As String * 255
    strCustomFilter As String * 255
    lngFilterIndex As Long
    strFile As String * 255
    strFileTitle As String * 255
    strInitialDir As String * 255
    strTitle As String * 255
    lngFlags As Long
    lngFileOffset As Long
    lngFileExtension As Long
    strDefExt As String * 255
End Type

Public Const glrcOFN_READONLY = &H1
Public Const glrcOFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = &H2
Public Const glrcOFN_HIDEREADONLY = &H4
Public Const glrcOFN_NOCHANGEDIR = &H8
Public Const glrcOFN_SHOWHELP = &H10
Public Const glrcOFN_NOVALIDATE = &H100
Public Const glrcOFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = &H200
Public Const glrcOFN_EXTENSIONDIFFERENT = &H400
Public Const glrcOFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = &H800
Public Const glrcOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = &H1000
Public Const glrcOFN_CREATEPROMPT = &H2000
Public Const glrcOFN_SHAREAWARE = &H4000
Public Const glrcOFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = &H8000
Public Const glrcOFN_NOTESTFILECREATE = &H10000
Public Const glrcOFN_NONETWORKBUTTON = &H20000
Public Const glrcOFN_NOLONGNAMES = &H40000


and my function call...

Function GetMyFileName() As String
    Dim gfni As glr_msauGetFileNameInfo

    gfni.strInitialDir = "C:\"
    gfni.strTitle = "Choose A File"
    gfni.hWndOwner = Application.hWndAccessApp
    ' Use filter 2 at startup.
    gfni.lngFilterIndex = 2
    gfni.lngFlags = glrcOFN_NONETWORKBUTTON
    gfni.strFilter = "XL files (*.xls)|" & _
     "*.xls|"
    ' Add an additional filter, leaving the original string intact.
    'gfni.strCustomFilter = "Text Files|*.txt|"
    If glrGetFileName(gfni, True) = 0 Then
        'MsgBox Trim(gfni.strFile)
        'if gfni.lngFlags And glrcOFN_READONLY Then
        '    MsgBox "You opened the file read-only!"
        'End If
    End If
    GetMyFileName = gfni.strFile
   
End Function

hope this helps...

I really do encourage you to check out their book ---
and I do not intend to break any copyrights by showing this code to you...

jack
jackl@menders.com