Hi Russel,

The MSMAPI32.OCX is redistributable component so you should include it in your installation. It's up to your installation program to make sure that it's only installed and registered if it isn't presented already.

>I have a VFP app that I need to send email from. I have created a simple MAPI class to do this and it all works fine, until I try and run it on another PC.
>
>On my other (non-developer) PC I have Outlook 2000 ( i.e. office outlook - not outlook express) installed - and VFP runtime files.
>
>When I try and create the Mapi Object via:
> this.Ole_mapi_session = newobject("MSMAPI.MAPISession.1")
> this.Ole_mapi_messages = newobject("MSMAPI.MAPIMessages.1")
>I get a message about the class not being available.
>
>Further investigation reveals that there is no registry entry for MSMAPI32.OCX in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs
>and in fact no MSMAPI32.OCX file !
>
>I have tried copying the MSMAPI32.OCX into the application directory (to avoid DLL hell) but it still doesnt work.
>
>We have a mixture of clients who will want to use differing email clients: Outlook / Outlook-Express / Express-it / Novell Groupwise / who-knows-what. And some may not have outlook ( i.e. creatobject("outlook.application") ... etc is not a viable solution.)
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>My understanding is that the email client should be installing the Mapi stuff - and that Mapi should be available to my VFP app after any email client has been installed. (or should it ?)
>
>Qns:
>1. What am I doing wrong ?
>2. What do I need to do in my rollout of the application (without mucking up the users current email client/preferences)?
>3. Will this work for Outlook express users ?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>Regards
>Russ