>I'm using my Microsoft Office Automation with Visual Foxpro book from Hentzenwerke Publishing to create invoices in Word from a FoxPro DOS application, and then automatically email them to the client.
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>I've made my document, but know I'm wondering which would be the best approach for the email portion. Should I send it directly from Word, or should I save it and switch to Outlook to control the email.
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>Are there advantages or disadvantages either way?
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>Any help would be appreciated.
>Larry Morelli

80% of the cost of an app is in Maintenance 20%is in development. Always look at your problem from a maintenance standpoint cost less. Which can you debug easier down the road. Which can you understand easier down the road. Which is less error prone as you move the app around or apply changes to the system.

Based on this I would drive word to create the file then save the file. Next I would drive Outlook to E Mail the file. That way both are kept seperate. Actually I would try to find another methodology that contained the least points of failures. I.E. the need to have a new version of office on the machine.