The Active-X control for xAP provides encapsulates a full xAP interface in an easy to use and accessible control. The control is divided into two functional areas, one associated with delivery of incoming and outbound messages, and the other concerned with constructing and deconstructing messages. All the messy nitty-gritty details related to network communications are hidden. The control is suitable for embedding in any Active-X aware environment, and can be accessed from VB Script, allowing any script-aware application to take advantage of open xAP communications.