Microsoft Help 2

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'''Microsoft Help 2''' is a help format developed by Microsoft. It normally comes "wrapped in" a viewer program (in [[Portable Executable]] format)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150502212700/http://hackipedia.org/File%20formats/Microsoft%20Help/HxS/html/itolitlsformat.html</ref>. It was intended to be the successor to [[CHM]]<ref name="wikipedia">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help&oldid=986602396, "Successor"</ref>, AKA "Microsoft Help", but does not seem to have seen much use outside of software development programs and [[Microsoft Office]]<ref>http://mshelpwiki.helpmvp.com/mshelp/ms-help-2</ref><ref name="wikipedia" />. It was succeeded by [[Microsoft Help Viewer]].
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'''Microsoft Help 2''' is a help format developed by Microsoft. It normally comes "wrapped in" a viewer program (in [[Portable Executable]] format)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150502212700/http://hackipedia.org/File%20formats/Microsoft%20Help/HxS/html/itolitlsformat.html</ref>. It was intended to be the successor to [[CHM]]<ref name="wikipedia">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help&oldid=986602396, "Successor"</ref>, AKA "Microsoft Help", but saw little use outside of software development programs and [[Microsoft Office]]<ref>http://mshelpwiki.helpmvp.com/mshelp/ms-help-2</ref><ref name="wikipedia" /><ref>http://www.help-info.de/en/Help_Info_Help2/h2.htm</ref>. It was succeeded by [[Microsoft Help Viewer]].
  
 
== Extensions ==
 
== Extensions ==

Latest revision as of 10:47, 2 December 2020

File Format
Name Microsoft Help 2
Ontology
Extension(s) .HxS, .HxC, .HxT, .HxK, .HxE, .HxV, .HxA
Released ca. 2002[1]

Microsoft Help 2 is a help format developed by Microsoft. It normally comes "wrapped in" a viewer program (in Portable Executable format)[2]. It was intended to be the successor to CHM[3], AKA "Microsoft Help", but saw little use outside of software development programs and Microsoft Office[4][3][5]. It was succeeded by Microsoft Help Viewer.

Contents

[edit] Extensions

From help-info.de[6]

  • .HxS - compiled help
  • .HxC - project file
  • .HxT - table of contents
  • .HxK - index
  • .HxE - "Sample Definition File"
  • .HxV - "Virtual Topic Definition File(s)"
  • .HxA - "Attribute Definition File"

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ http://www.help-info.de/en/Help_Info_General/news.htm
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150502212700/http://hackipedia.org/File%20formats/Microsoft%20Help/HxS/html/itolitlsformat.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help&oldid=986602396, "Successor"
  4. ↑ http://mshelpwiki.helpmvp.com/mshelp/ms-help-2
  5. ↑ http://www.help-info.de/en/Help_Info_Help2/h2.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.help-info.de/en/Help_Info_Help2/Help2_-_File/FileExtensionHelp2.htm
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