>To All,
>
>I came across your message from a couple of days ago on incorporating email into applications. Thanks, it's cool. Just one other question. How would I automatically attach a file and set the subject of the email message? Also, where could I find documentation on the shell.application object?
>
>Any answers would be great, Thanks
>
>Jim Rieck
>
>>>>Can anyone tell me the commands for sending
>>>>an email in VFP through the default email app
>>>>and navigating to a web page from withing VFP?
>>>
>>>To open the default mail editor with message addressed to a specified address:
>>>
>>>oShell = CREATEOBJECT('Shell.Application')
>>>oShell.Open("mailto:esmoore@flash.net")
>>>
>>>To open the default web browser and navigate to a specified page:
>>>
>>>oShell = CREATEOBJECT("Shell.Application")
>>>oShell.Open("http://www.levelextreme.com")
>>>
>>>If you want to create the entire email and send it without user interaction, you can use wwIPStuff, but it does not go through the default mail client, it doens't use a mail client at all: it uses wininet.dll to send the message directly to the mail server using low level windows functions.
>>>
>>>You can also look in the files section here for information about the MSMAPI control, but this control limits you to an MS client.
>>>
>>>For a lot more control over sending e-mail automatically, you should look into the Mabry mail control. I think there is a link from the front page here to download it.
>>
>>Yes this is an updated version of the one I was talking about (22/06/1997). It used the win API which you updated to "Shell.Application".
>>
>>Terry
I belive this just brings up the default Email program and thus allows the end user to put in the attachments & subject. It probably only fills in the To: line automatically. If you want aditional automatic control then Maybury (sp?) is probably more what you are looking for.

Terry