Thanks John:

I'm still struggling with this a bit, having fallen a bit behind the curve re all this OLE automation, but finding myself in need of catching up!

On a related point, I tried the outlook.prg and related code; the ability to send e-mail controlled with Foxpro was intriguing, but I haven't really been able to plug in to it yet ... any detailed sources recommended?

Holy cow, quit paying attention for a year or 2 and ...