>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>Big problem this morning. executing this line of code gets me in an endless loop.
>>>Lines of code look like this
>>>
>>>Try
>>>loOutlookObject = CREATEOBJECT ("Outlook.Application") * Execution of this line
>>>.
>>>catch
>>
>>Can you start Outlook manually? If you start it first, does this line still fail?
>
>Ditched Outlook looong ago, so cannot test - does Outlook support multiple instances ?
>GetObject() IAC perhaps better to try first if instance is already alive...

Outlook's funny that way. One instance and CreateObject() will grab it, if it's already running.

Tamar