Tristram Llewellyn, I believe it was, once posted the following to the jfw list serve: It is possible to set up a shortcut either in the start menu or the desktop (it does not matter which) that allows you to use a key combination to start JFW such as control+alt+J. This is good for your example or if JFW dies on you for some reason. Here is a way to set up a desktop icon that you can activate without any recourse to sight. 1 In windows explorer go into the windows directory and then go into the Desktop directory ie. c:\windows\desktop. 2 When there open the file menu and select "new" and enter the sub menu. You should find an item called "shortcut" and select it. 3 You will be greeted by a dialogue containing an edit prompt called "Command line" here you could type the exact path to your JFW program e.g. c:\jfw32\jfw.exe (assuming you are using version 3.2 and you selected the Default install location for JFW). Alternatively you could press tab to get To the browse button and find JFW that way. Either way press enter to move On. 4 Hopefully if windows found the program you will be greeted by another Prompt, which says "select a name for this shortcut" which could be anything You want to call it. Press enter to Finnish creating the shortcut. 5 your focus should still are on the shortcut now. Press alt+enter to get At the shortcut properties. 6 Press tab twice to get to "shortcut key" edit prompt and then hold down The desired shortcut key press eg. control+alt J or control+shift J. Control+alt combinations are good because they are rarely ever used in application programs so you will not get a key conflict. When happy press enter or tab to the OK button and press it. 7 you are done! Now you can activate this shortcut at any time, even if The desktop is obscured by a program that shortcut will nearly always work. That is why it is important that it does not clash with anything else. Hope this helps! Cheers Tris - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
