Sergey:

that did it. thanks.

>Hi Chris,
>
>Try

#DEFINE ccNewLine "%0D%0A"
>lcMessageBody = "(...comments, question, corrections here...)" + ccNewLine + ;
>                "  Project name: "+ALLTRIM(jobs.jc_name)  + ccNewLine + ;
>		"  Project number: "+ALLTRIM(jobs.jc_task)  + ccNewLine + ;
>		"  Item desccNewLineiption: "+ALLTRIM(v_ticklerpk.t_desc)  + ccNewLine + ;
>		"  Due Date: "+DTOC(v_ticklerpk.t_date)  + ccNewLine + ;
>		"  Copies: " +ALLTRIM(STR(v_ticklerpk.t_copies))
>...

>
>>From the Automating VFP book, in the outlook chapter, is the following code:
>>
>< snip >
>>
>>when the outlook email msg window is displayed the email body text all runs together. No line feeds. Is this something w/ ShellExecute?