Better to Referance or add Component

[Megagix]

Hello,

I am making a program that requires the Winsock control and I've seen some people just add it as a component and others add referance to it and declare it... like so

Private WithEvents sckMain As MSWinsockLib.Winsock

Anyways, I was wondering if there was a differance and would it be better to add it as a component or add referance to it?

Thanks!
-Jason