>>I'm developing a VFP9 app and it needs to send email (simple or with a file attached) with a free tool or free library. I remember several years ago (2009) when there were some tools that worked (although I don't remember their names). I'd like to use my gmail account for testing (but not using gmail client).
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>>One (less desired) alternative would be to use Outlook in the background (without showing it on screen).
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>>TIA
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>I would avoid using Outlook, because as soon as clients install Office 64bit it would not work.
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>I attempted to write a 64bit wrapper application in NET to be used from VFP, but that comes with a lot of hurdles. In the end I used CDO.

If you use OLE it shouldn't be an issue, should it?

lo = CREATEOBJECT("Outlook.application")
...

The interface there is transparent between 32-bit and 64-bit, isn't it?