# Help

The **Help** internal command can be used to:

* Display the program help file
* Display information about the program (the About dialog)
* Check for [program updates](../../../additional_functionality/update_checker)
* Access the licence manager to install your program certificate
* Send a quick email

**Command Arguments:**

| Argument        | Type | Possible values                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| --------------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| _(no argument)_ | -    | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | <p>Displays the program help file.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help</code></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ABOUT           | /S   | _(no value)_                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | <p>Displays the About dialog, showing information about the current version of the program, copyright and contact details for technical support.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help ABOUT</code></p>                                                                                                                                                    |
| CHECKUPDATE     | /O   | _(no value)_                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | <p>Checks online for <a href="../../../additional_functionality/update_checker">program updates</a>.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help CHECKUPDATE</code></p>                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|                 |      | **quiet**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | <p>Perform a silent check for updates - a dialog will only be displayed if an update is found.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help CHECKUPDATE=quiet</code></p>                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| CRASHLOGS       | /S   | _(no value)_                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Displays the [Crash Logs](../../../additional_functionality/crash_logs) dialog, which shows any crash logs that have been automatically generated and lets you submit them to GPSoftware for analysis.                                                                                                                                                  |
| LANG            | /K   | _\<language name>_                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | <p>Displays a help file in the specified language, if one exists.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help LANG=deutsch</code></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| LICENCEMANAGER  | /S   | _(no value)_                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | <p>Displays the licence manager, where you can view and manage your current program licence, or apply for a free evaluation licence.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help LICENCEMANAGER</code></p>                                                                                                                                                       |
| NEWEMAIL        | /S   | _(no value)_                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | <p>Sends a quick email message. You must have configured Opus to send email via SMTP (on the <a href="../../../preferences/preferences_categories/internet/email"><strong>Miscellaneous / Email</strong></a> page in Preferences) for this function to work.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help NEWEMAIL</code></p>                                     |
| REF             | /K   | <p><strong>commands</strong><br><strong>dopusrt</strong><br><strong>metadata</strong><br><strong>statusbar</strong><br><strong>wildcards</strong><br><strong>scripting</strong><br><strong>cmd_</strong><em><strong>name</strong></em></p> | <p>Provides a shortcut to displays certain reference sections of the help file. For example, you could define a hotkey to take you directly to the <a href="../../wildcard_reference"><em>Wildcards</em></a> reference section.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help REF=wildcards</code><br><em>Example:</em> <code>Help REF=cmd_CreateFolder</code></p> |
| RELEASENOTES    | /S   | _(no value)_                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | <p>Displays the release notes for the current version.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help RELEASENOTES</code></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| THEMETESTER     | /S   | _(no value)_                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | <p>Opens a UI which can be useful for testing how various standard Windows controls look with colors from custom themes.</p><p><em>Example:</em> <code>Help THEMETESTER</code></p>                                                                                                                                                                      |
