OUCH! Good catch, Alan. I was so pleased with the requested behavior that I didn't consider the side effects.

>Keep in mind the one minor annoyance this doesn't fix. In the command window, type any VFP command (without hitting enter), hilight it - or hilight something in a .prg, and then hit F1.
>
>More cut and paste coding prior to the call to shellexecute?
>
>Alan
>
>>You've got it, Dave! Er, the check is in the mail... No, wait - no address. Do you accept credit cards? Paypal? Seriously here.
>>
>>>Jim,
>>>
>>>Send your check to... *bg*
>>>
>>>

on key label f1 ShellExecute( 0, "open", home()+"\dv_foxhelp.chm", "", "", 3 )

>>>
>>>If you don't have ShellExecute declared you can use this code:
>>>
>>>

declare long ShellExecute in "shell32.dll" long hwnd, string lpszOp, ;
>>>                    string lpszFile, string lpszParams, ;
>>>                    string lpszDir, long nShowCmd

>>>
>>>
>>>>Can anyone here hit F1 in VFP6/7/8 and get a MAXIMIXED help screen? I realize it is an IE problem, but for Christ's sake - 3 OS and IE versions and this annoyance is still here. If someone has the magic fix to get a child window to open maximized - I'll buy that secret.