I have an Excel (2003) VBA application that sends e-mail through our
Exchange server. Everything works fine, but I am looking to address an issue
that is somewhat undesirable with the procedure. The e-mail is sent by
clicking on a command buttom from a userform. As I said; the e-mail is sent
(by the VBA application) correctly. The problem is that the process of
sending the e-mail switches control to Outlook. The user then has to switch
back to the Excel application after the e-mail is sent. This is minor, but
it detracts from the overall professionalism with regard to the appearence
and function of the application. Is it possible to prevent the e-mail code
from switching to Outlook? I'd really like this to be transparent to the end
user. If anyone has a suggestion for how I can improve this situation, I'd
really appreciate some help. Since I don't have much experience with Outlook
and VBA, a code sample would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance
Ralph Fraley