>Hi,
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>I've done some basic stuff with VB6 in automating Outlook (i.e. sending e-mails with attachments from my program).
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>What I'd like to be able to do is programatically create a new e-mail message with an attachment, subject and body text - and then have the program open the Outlook "new message" screen - so that the user can either type in the recipient e-mail address or pick it from one of their Outlook lists. Does anyone have some sample code that shows how this can be done?
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>Thanks in advance,
>
>Al

Having a variable called myMsg that holds a reference to your newly created email message, add this line to make the regular Outlook message window visible:

myMsg.Display

HTH,