perlquestion harryC <p>I only want to start outlook on de screen not in the background. Create a new mail and add a attachment.</br>So that the user can fill in the addresses,subject and the mail content and send the mail from the screen.</br>The same as in OpenOffice send document as attachment.</br>How do i do this ?</br>I looked around and always find code which sends mail in the background.</br>Thks for your help HarryC <code> my $Outlook = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject ('Outlook.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Outlook.Application'); $Outlook->{'Visible'} = 1; </code> <p>does not work</br>Win32::OLE(0.1709) error 0x8002000e: "Ongeldig aantal parameters" in PROPERTYPUT "Visible" at D:\scripts\outlooktest.pl line 11</p> </br>Thks for your help HarryC