Excellent Roger, thanks. I was wondering about the ContextID and what it might be for the dialog but wasn't sure how to determine it. Learn something new every day ... SYS(1023) in this case, which I had not paid any attention to until now.

Thanks,
Bill

>Hi Bill,
>I haven't tried this but:
> I used sys(1023) to put VFP in help diagnostic mode. Then I did ?putfile() in the command window and clicked Help. The help diagnostic mode asked if it should pass contextid 20000103 (01312D67h) to the help engine.
>
>If you create a topic in your help file with that context id then it should call that topic in whatever help file is current.
>
>HTH,
>
>>When using the PUTFILE() function in an application, a Help button appears on the PUTFILE() dialog. How do I "connect" the PUTFILE() dialog's invocation for Help to my application custom Help file "Save As" help topic?
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>>Thanks,
>>Bill