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Sorry for that stupid question,but how can I use the Help folder in this version in order to integrate it to the QBX folder?

Ok question isn't clear .

I'll assume you want to know how to make the help file work when you press F1 (or go to the help menu) in the QuickBasic PDS 7.1.

If not let me know

Here's the walkthrough

1. Start your QuickBasic 7.1
2. Go to your Options menu and select "Set Paths ..."

There you'll see the 4th box marked Help File: in tehre you need to put the fullpath to where your help file is. In my case, it's C:\bc7\Help

Locate your QuickBasic 7.1 help files (*.hlp) and put that path in the HelpFile: path box...and you should be good to go.

Yes this is my question.Thank you for your answer.But I still not succeed.
Basically (hum...) here is the situation.
On a CD, I have several folders: BIN,BINB,HELP,Library...
QBX in in BIN.
If I start it, and go to OPTIONS I read:
Executables=C:QBX\BINB
Include files=C:\QBX\QBFiles
Library Files=C:\QBX\QBFiles
Help Files=C:\QBX\HELP

In "File" of QBX I type "OPEN Program"
I have: *.BAS and C:BIN

I type C:\ ans select HELP in Dirs/drivers
There I get several files .BAS7....HLP
in particular BAS7QCK.Hlp requested by the HELP assistant of QBX headpage.
What must I do after?
Thanks for your help...

From what you're describing it should work, the folder seems ok...just make sure your bas7*.hlp is in C:\QBX\HELP and not C:\HELP like you seem to have them right now...or check your Help File Path in the Options to c:\HELP

Unless QB needs write access to read the help file, it should work...what drive letter is your CD drive letter? make sure that matches too....or copy everything from your CD to your C:\ drive, then it should work

I succeed opening HELP from QBX headpage just by replacing in the QBX OPTIONS and SET PATHS, C:\QBX\HELP
by C:\HELP
but this must be done at each opening of QBX.
When you say "make sure your HELP is in QBX", what do you mean?
how can I do that?

The reason it needs to be done on every opening is because it's on a CD and your setup can't be saved on the CD.

What needs to be done is to copy your whole folder back to your hard drive, change the Options / Paths to the drive letter of your CD, save those settings (by exiting the QBX...then making a CD out of that.

Once you copy that to your CD, then all the paths should be ok and everything should work fine .

lol that was me in this past message. I didn't click the right browser and assumed I was logged it ...

Many thanks for assistance.