From the Office XP Developer code library...
' Because Outlook is a multi-use COM component, if Outlook is not running,
' initializing an object variable to work with the Application object creates a
' new hidden instance. But if Outlook is already running, initializing the object
' variable returns a reference to the running instance.
'---
Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
Set olApp = New Outlook.Application
With olApp
' Code to automate Outlook here.
End With
olApp.Quit
Set olApp = Nothing
'---

If Outlook is not installed, the above might get pretty interesting.<g
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)


"Sean"
wrote in message
How would I check to see if Oulook is open and if it isn't open an
instance of it?
I ask in this NG as I have a routine in Excel that e-mails out a file
and it is within this code I wish to include this check/action
Thanks