>cid=ALLTRIM(curEMAILLINKS.EntryID) >IF NOT EMPTY(cid) > WITH THISFORM > .oOutlook=NULL > .oOutlook = CREATEOBJECT("Outlook.application") > .oNameSpace = .oOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI") >**** .oFolders = .oNameSpace.Folders > .oItem=.oNameSpace.GetItemFromID(cid) &&& <---error > WAIT WINDOW TIMEOUT 1 cid > .oItem.DISPLAY() > ENDWITH >ELSE > >ENDIF > >>this opens the email in outlook ONLY when I step though the code in the debaugger. witout the debugger it errors with a file not found.