MS Outlook checking for open?

[Lou_Reed]

I am trying to set up a form that can be used to send emails to people when the analyst or viewer


decides that he/she wants to add someone to a meeting/list etc..

I know that this can be done using MS Access 2010 to initiate MS Outlook 2010.

My questions is does MS Outlook 2010 have to be open before one can use Access to Access it(no pun intended). Do I have to hard code in the VBA a procedure to check
if MS Outlook 2010 is open and if it is not then open MS Outlook prior to using it?

What does this VBA code look like if I must check for MS Outlook to be open and then open Outlook if is not?

Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Respectfully,


Lou reed

[ranman256]

docmd.Sendobject .....

but I think having outlook open will send it immediatly.