>I would like to open the default e-mail program (outlook, outlook express, etc) from within VFP6. Ideally, my vfp app will open the e-mail program and create a new blank message with the recipient already filled in with a character string passed from VFP.
Try using the FFC _ShellExecute class and the Mailto: identifier:
oShell = NEWOBJECT('_shellexecute','ffc\_environ.vcx')
oShell.ShellExecute('mailto:edr@esolserv.com')