Michael, see notes below

>Just wondering whether prevention/explanation/workaround would be possible
>for the intermittent error
>1426:OLE error code 0x800706ba: The RPC server is unavailable.
>for the statement
>oie = CreateObject("internetexplorer.application")

Depends on the OS/platform. These may help:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/w2000Msgs/3961.asp

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;131469
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;242361

>VFP8 run-time , at least IE 5.5 , OS may differ
>Just running exe again seems to fix it in almost all cases.
>
>Does anything like
>

>For li=1 To 3
>    lsuccess = .T.
>    Try
>        oIE = Createobject( "internetexplorer.application" )
>    Catch To loexception
>        lsuccess = .F.
>    Endtry
>    If lsuccess
>        Exit
>    Endif
>Endfor
>

>make any sense ?
>
>Thanks
>Michael