>Question: this code continues to open a new Outlook. If I'm sending several emails, then I end up with several versions of Outlook open. I know I can close the the session...just check to see if there is a way to open the current session.
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Trish,

I don't know if this should be a concern or not. First, however, you can find out if Outlook is already running, check out my "Is a Windows application running?" (Is_Run32()) entry in the files section under Win32 and other APIs. It'll return the window handle of a program based on the known portion of the title bar.

Why this might not be a concern? In at least Excel and Word in Office 2000, they produce a new window for each new document opened. I've speculated that GETOBJECT() might not be appropriate here, and to just use CREATEOBJECT(). Further, there's a nasty little problem with Excel and VFP. If you iterate through a range object for each of the cells in it, a reference to Excel is left behind and can only be removed by either shutting VFP down or issuing CLEAR ALL. Neither is a good solution. Since the reference still exists, so does a window and Is_Run32() will indicate that the it is indeed running. Some pretty strange (visually) results occur if you then use GETOBJECT() to get a reference.

Outlook 2000 performs in much the same manner as Word and Excel. A new window is created for text editing or reading.