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Below only applies to the old version 3 of EasyHelp/Web.

You can call Winhelp.exe with the following parameters

-k : Go to Keyword

-n : Go to Context Number (This is useful for testing)

-i : Go to Context Id

For example:

winhelp -kAbout c:\easyhelp\easyhelp.hlp

winhelp -iConfiguring c:\easyhelp\easyhelp.hlp

Try passing a decimal number ...

winhelp -n100 c:\easyhelp\easyhelp.hlp

Try passing a Hexadecimal number ....

winhelp -n0x64 c:\easyhelp\easyhelp.hlp

Try it you will see it brings up the same topic. You can use the above to test you help file outside VB.