here's the fix:
add your code AFTER line 164
TV8.Init3DWindowedMode(Picture1.Handle.ToInt32)
TVCamera = New TrueVision3D.TVCamera
index = TVCamera.GetCameraIndex()
TVCamera.GetPosition()
and it will work

That worked like a charm.
I posted this question in the general forum -before- posting in Bugs but got no satisfactory response.
I could not believe that something as elemental as getPosition did not work.
Many thanks.