Evelyn,

VFP can handle ADO just fine, but you don't have to use it with VFP. Where is the data that you want to put into the emails? If it's in Fox tables, then ADO is not needed at all.

Or are you reading incoming mail from Outlook, and need to put it into tables?

You can drive Outlook just fine from VFP through OLE automation.

>I wish to know whether from people here who have done Outlook automation in VFP or
>written apps with e-mail notification or direct-mail notification features whether VFP had
>been a good choice to do it or it could have been better in another language like VB particularly.
>Someone at work has commented on VFP not being reliable or stable when using ActiveX Data Controls
>(ADO) to automate Outlook and MS Office 97 and is thus trying to introduce VB. First of all, I might sound
>ignorant here, but what part does ADO really play here? I believe that his statement '...using ActiveX Data
>Controls (ADO) TO AUTOMATE Outlook and MS Office 97' does not seem right. If ever he meant that
>ADO has a part here, how reliable is VFP in handling ADO's?
>
>I have not automated Outlook in my app so I need a little help here.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>E. Sia