CHM

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	[[CHM]] (Compiled HTML Help) is a Microsoft format for help files. While it is proprietary, it has been reverse engineered, and many software applications can read it.		[[CHM]] (Compiled HTML Help) is a Microsoft format for help files. While it is proprietary, it has been reverse engineered, and many software applications can read it.

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File Format
Name	CHM
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Help files CHM
Extension(s)	.chm
PRONOM	fmt/634
Released	1997

CHM (Compiled HTML Help) is a Microsoft format for help files. While it is proprietary, it has been reverse engineered, and many software applications can read it.

See also

• HLP (WinHelp)

Software

• KchmViewer
• libmspack
• chmlib
• CHM Tools
• 7-Zip

Links and references

• Wikipedia article