INF/HLP (OS/2)

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'''INF'''/'''HLP''' is a help file format associated with OS/2's "Information Presentation Facility", and used by some OS/2 applications. Files can be viewed with an OS/2 app named VIEW.EXE.
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'''INF''' and '''HLP''' are two variants of a help file format associated with OS/2's "Information Presentation Facility", and used by some OS/2 applications. Files can be viewed with an OS/2 app named VIEW.EXE.
  
 
INF and HLP files are usually created by compiling a source format called [[IPF (OS/2)|IPF]].
 
INF and HLP files are usually created by compiling a source format called [[IPF (OS/2)|IPF]].
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
Files begin with ASCII "{{magic|HS}}".
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Files begin with ASCII "{{magic|HS}}", followed (usually?) by "{{magic|P}}".
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The next byte is (usually?) {{magic|0x01}} for INF, or {{magic|0x10}} for HLP.
  
 
== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
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== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
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* [http://cd.textfiles.com/cream/cream26/os2/warptris.zip warptris.zip] → WARPTRIS.INF, WARPTRIS.HLP
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* [http://cd.textfiles.com/cream/cream26/os2/zipct245.zip zipct245.zip] → ZipCntrl.inf, ZipCntrl.hlp
 
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29709/disk2/MMEDIA/DMPEGV2.ZIP DMPEGV2.ZIP] → MPEGPM.HLP
 
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29709/disk2/MMEDIA/DMPEGV2.ZIP DMPEGV2.ZIP] → MPEGPM.HLP
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* {{DexvertSamples|document/os2Help}}
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Latest revision as of 04:07, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name INF/HLP (OS/2)
Ontology
Extension(s) .inf, .hlp

INF and HLP are two variants of a help file format associated with OS/2's "Information Presentation Facility", and used by some OS/2 applications. Files can be viewed with an OS/2 app named VIEW.EXE.

INF and HLP files are usually created by compiling a source format called IPF.

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[edit] Identification

Files begin with ASCII "HS", followed (usually?) by "P".

The next byte is (usually?) 0x01 for INF, or 0x10 for HLP.

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

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