I guess it all depends what you need to send...Invoice from a VFP report, or is it a message composed on-the-fly?
If its the second options, I would say word->Outlook might be overkill.


>I have to offer a mailmerge option to my client so he can send promotional emails to all or selected clients in his database (vfp8). I am using Rick Strass's tools to send emails.
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>What is the best approach:
>? Input text in rich text and send foxpro report including rich text
>? Use OLE automation and do something with word
>? Provide user with some tools to do web pages and send them
>? Any other suggestion
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>Thanks for any input
>Eric