Sweet! Thanks!

>Try this

>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute ;
>	IN SHELL32.dll ;
>	INTEGER nWinHandle, ;
>	STRING cOperation, ;
>	STRING cFileName, ;
>	STRING cParameters, ;
>	STRING cDirectory, ;
>	INTEGER nShowWindow
>
>DEFINE BAR 10 OF _msystem PROMPT "\-"
>DEFINE BAR 11 OF _msystem PROMPT "FPW 2.6a help"
>ON SELECTION BAR 11 OF _msystem ;
>	ShellExecute(0, "Open", "h:\FPW26a\FoxHelp.hlp", "", "", 1)
>
>

>>It ran it in a DOS window and immediately closed, but I think we're really close.