Thanks alot... that's exactly what I was lookign for, an "intro" to Outlook Automation.

Aloha,

James
>>Could somebody point me in the right direction. I want to be able to send an email message from within a foxpro application.
>
>Using Outlook, follow this sample:
>

>#DEFINE MAILITEM 0
>#DEFINE IMPORTANCELOW 0
>#DEFINE IMPORTANCENORMAL 1
>#DEFINE IMPORTANCEHIGH 2
>
>oOutLookObject = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
>oEmailItem = oOutLookObject.CreateItem(MAILITEM)
>
>WITH oEmailItem
>   .Recipients.Add("moe@3stooges.com") && uses the Recipients collection
>   .Subject = "Automation sample"
>   .Importance = IMPORTANCENORMAL
>   .Body = "This is easy!"
>
>   * Note that the fully qualified path and file is required.
>   .Attachments.Add("c:\mydir\sample.txt")
>
>   .Send
>ENDWITH
>

>
>You can also use Nigel Coates MAPI class as Sergey pointed out.
>Another choice is using SMTP with wwIPStuff from Rick Strahl
>http://www.west-wind.com
>
>HTH