Yeah, that's it. I couldn't recall the exact way, but was thinking it had something to do with ShellExecute API.

>You dont need to envoke Internet Explorer
>just Shellexecute.
>mailto:my can be run from the start run. Loads up the email app, defined in the internet propertites of the computer.
>download the sh_execute class
>then something like this.
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>os=create("sh_execute")
>m_cmd ='mailto:me@myserver.com?cc:bobl@1amsoftware.com&subject='test subject'
>os.shellexecute(m_cmd)
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>Thats it. starts your email program, addresses it, puts in a subject.
>add something like
>&body='my email body' into the command string, and you have a body for the email as well.
>Hope this helps.
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>Bob Lee
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>>>thanks
>>>i already have outlook working but i wont always know what the user default email program they are using
>>>fc
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>>You might be able to do this automating internet explorer like so:
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oIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
>>oIE.Navigate2("mailto:")

>>I believe there is also another way of invoking the default mail client, I don't recall at this time.
>>
>>Also you can roll your own form with the required fields and use this MAPI class from the UT downloads: http://www.levelextreme.com/wconnect/wc.dll?FournierTransformation~2,54,Forum=5,28,1034
>>This way you don't need to know what the default client is.
>>(sorry that previous post went before I intended it to)
>>HTH