BUG
** This issue is addressed in ArcGIS 9.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) **
If buddycontrol is specified at runtime, Toc does not get updated. With ArcGIS 9.0 Service Pack 2, the BuddyControl property of the Table of Contents control is set at run-time.
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