INF/HLP (OS/2)
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* [http://cd.textfiles.com/cream/cream26/os2/zipct245.zip zipct245.zip] → ZipCntrl.inf, ZipCntrl.hlp | * [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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Revision as of 22:03, 17 May 2021
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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Identification
Files begin with ASCII "HS", followed (usually?) by "P".
The next byte is (usually?) 0x01 for INF, or 0x10 for HLP.
Specifications
- Inside INF
- Marcus Gröber's OS/2 page → inf02b.zip → INF02B.DOC: OS/2 2.x Information Presentation Facility (IPF) Data Format - version 2
Sample files
- warptris.zip → WARPTRIS.INF, WARPTRIS.HLP
- zipct245.zip → ZipCntrl.inf, ZipCntrl.hlp
- DMPEGV2.ZIP → MPEGPM.HLP
- https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/document/os2Help/
Links
- Wikipedia: Information Presentation Facility
- Marcus Gröber's OS/2 page → Tools and documentation for the INF/HLP file format
