Michelle,

SET HELP TO YourHelpFile.hlp

then all you have to do is HELP

Once you start building the real thing all you have to do is set the Form.HelpContextID to match the ContextID number in the help file, then calling help from inside a form method will take them right to that topic.

>I got a feeling this is a really simple question, but I don't know the answer...
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>For now, I want to add simple help just by calling the help file from the menu. What do I use to run the .hlp file? RUN?
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>Wait until I get into integrating help into the application... Yikes...