Gee, I was just kidding. But now that I think of the idea I like it. As soon as I'm up and running on DSL, so this becomes practical, I am going to make this part of my startup. I would hate to have this goto waste.

I hadn't even thought of doing something like this. But now that you've given me an example, I think I'll at least use this to add a bar to launch the Hackers Guide .chm file. As others have said, Hackers Guide is a necessity, but not a complete replacement for native VFP help.

PF

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>I can do that. Here's some code. You'll need to put this in a program called startut.prg, and then put a couple of lines of code in your VFP startup program. This code will place a menu item on your VFP menu to "Ask a question on UT". When you click the item, it will launch internet explorer, log you into the Universalthread, and click on the "Create a new message icon".
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>Startup.prg:
>
>lcUserName = "utusernamehere"
>lcPassword = "utpasswordhere"
>
>oIE = CREATEOBJECT("InternetExplorer.Application")
>oIE.Navigate("www.levelextreme.com")
>
>INKEY(1)
>nStartSeconds = SECONDS()
>DO WHILE oIE.Document.ReadyState <> "complete" AND (SECONDS()-nStartSeconds < 30)
>ENDDO
>
>IF oIE.Document.ReadyState <> "complete"
> MESSAGEBOX("Universalthread is unavailable")
> oie.Visible = .T.
> RETURN .F.
>ENDIF
>
>oie.document.forms(0).Key.Value = lcUsername
>oIE.Document.Forms(0).Password.Value = lcPassword
>
>oIE.Document.Forms(0).Submit()
>
>nStartSeconds = SECONDS()
>DO WHILE oIE.Document.ReadyState <> "complete" AND (SECONDS()-nStartSeconds < 30)
>ENDDO
>IF oIE.Document.ReadyState <> "complete"
> MESSAGEBOX("Universalthread is unavailable")
> oie.Visible = .T.
> RETURN .F.
>ENDIF
>
>oFrame = oIE.Document.Frames(0)
>oFrame.Document.Links(0).Click()
>oIE.Visible = .T.
>
>Next you'll need these 2 lines to in your startup program to add the menu item to your VFP help menu.
>
>DEFINE BAR 8 OF _MSM_SYSTM PROMPT "Ask a question on UT"
>ON SELECTION BAR 8 OF _MSM_SYSTM DO StartUT.prg
>
>How's that?