Steve!

oIE = createobject('internetexplorer.application')
oIE.Navigate('www.tek-tips.com')
lcStr=oIe.Document.body.innertext

but, when I try to run this, I find that my oIe.Document has not .body


Yes, I had this too. You will need to assign a var to the document. then it works

oIE = createobject('internetexplorer.application')
oIE.Navigate('www.tek-tips.com')

oDoc = oIE.Document
lcStr=oDoc.body.innertext

should work