Subject Re: Help f1 problem Solutiom From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:51:01 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2024/09/10 15:46, Akshat Kapoor wrote: > Sorry for missing this. runhidden() can accept 2 parameters. The first > is command and the second is batch file name. So you need not hard code > the path. The second parameter for runhidden() for the BAT file name is optional. If it is not supplied runhidden() uses junk.bat as the default.  The .bat file can't be written to C:\Program Files (x86) or its subfolders so, as the .bat file and the .chm file will be in different folders, the path to the .chm file must be provided. openURL() from miscapi.prg in the dUFLP is a far better option for opening the .chm file as it doesn't involve creating a .bat file each time the user needs to open the help file. If Charlie really wants to use runhidden() instead of openURL() it can be done but Charlie's code needs to be modified slightly. Ignoring possible typos, Charlie used runhidden("c:\program files (x86)\chacha\help\chacha.chm")  which passes c:\program files (x86)\chacha\help\chacha.chm to Windows.  Windows can't deal with the spaces so it won't work. If Charlie had used runhidden(["c:\program files (x86)\chacha\help\chacha.chm"]) Windows would see "c:\program files (x86)\chacha\help\chacha.chm" which it can deal with. Mervyn.