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. | ||
| − | + | It is a compressed binary file format, including content in [[HTML]] as well as other related data. | |
| − | * [ | + | == Format description == |
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| + | * [http://chmspec.nongnu.org/latest/ chmspec] | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
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== Links and references == | == Links and references == | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help Wikipedia article] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help Wikipedia article] | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
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| + | * [[HLP (WinHelp)]] | ||
[[Category:Microsoft]] | [[Category:Microsoft]] | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 22 December 2014
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.
It is a compressed binary file format, including content in HTML as well as other related data.
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