Subject Re: Help File
From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in>
Date Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:07:13 +0530
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

Good Evening Charlie,

> Is there a way of eliminating the cmd screen when running?  I have used:
>
> cmd help.chm
> cmd(false,"help.chm")
> Function doesn't work when true?
>
> Function key F1 works without the cmd screen.
>
> Is there an ascii number you can use for the F1 key?  I have tried several like this..
>
> keyboard chr(xxx)   but none worked.

Try.

set procedure to :duflp:miscapi.prg
runhidden("help.chm")

The above will create a batch file and run it in the background.

Regards
Akshat