Calling WinHelp Topics from the Command Line To call a help topic contained in a WinHelp file (.hlp) from the command line, you need to run the WinHelp system with special parameters. When running the help system, you only enter the file name 'winhlp32' without the path for it is located in the Windows directory. The command line parameters are entered in the following format: winhlp32 -PARAMETERVALUE HELPFILE WinHelp supports the following parameters: -k Finds help topics by Keyword -n Finds help topics by ID -i Finds help topics by Context -h Calls Help on Help. (No value and help file are required when using this parameter). Example The following command line calls the help topic with the Context 'Topic10' from the file 'helpstd.hlp': winhlp32 -iTopic10 helpstd.hlp |