OK, here is an even "less informed" question (yes, my ignorance is showing..)

How do I determine the HELP ID? I'm not using context sensitive help - all I am trying to do is launch the chm file when the menu selection is made.

thanks in advance.

>In the menu use HELP ID {whatever the first topic ID is} (Instead of RUN)
>In the startup of your app, place SET HELP TO {path}\QDMS2004Help.chm
>The files to distribute are foxhhelpps8.dll and foxhhelp8.exe and they are included in the VFP8 MM.
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>HTH
>Richard
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>>I have a VFP 8 program that has a "Help" menu pad.
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>>The name of the compiled help file is QDMS2004Help.chm
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>>In the menu I had used 'run /n1 hh.exe 'qdmshelp2004.chm' to trigger the help file. All worked well in development.
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>>When I distribute the exe to other machines, it errors with "Cannot run 'qdms2004help.chm" from both the menu and F1. If I go to Windows explorer and double click on the chm file, it launches....and, after that, the F1 and menu calls work fine.
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>>What do I need to do to get this to work on the first call?
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>>Thanks,