>>>>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.
>
Should have guessed at MS curiosity and not that you had mistyped...
Probably a side effect of forcing single instance - any documentation from MS as to source and method ?

thx IAC
thomas