Hi Richard,

>>Given that HTML Help requires that the workstation have Internet Explorer (3.0 or later) installed. If it is not installed the user gets an error message when they attempt to access help....is there some way to trap the error that occurs when IE is not installed and display my own messages.

Testing whether foxhelpps.dll and foxhhelp.exe are in the Windows system directory should give you what you need.

Pamela