CorelChart

File Format
Name	CorelChart
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics CorelChart
Extension(s)	.cch
PRONOM	x-fmt/310, fmt/1312, fmt/1313
Wikidata ID	Q48806624
Released	1992

CorelCHART was software included with CorelDRAW version 3, 4 & 5. CorelCHART was able to make vector graphics charts and other tables using CorelDRAW symbols.

CorelCHART was released with CorelDRAW in 1992, but dropped in 1994 with the release of CorelDRAW 6. CorelDRAW 6 for Windows95 does not show CorelCHART included, but CorelDRAW 6 for Macintosh does.

File Format

CCH files have a TIFF header, but are incompatible with the TIFF format.

• Versions 3 & 4 have the header values "49 49 2A 00 B6 7A 00 00 33 44 46 2E 30 30 30 32 20 30 34 64 65 63 39 31" or "3DF.0002 04dec91"
• Version 5 have the header values "49 49 2A 00 56 FA 00 00 43 6F 72 65 6C 43 48 41 52 54 20 56 35 2E 30 00" "CorelCHART V5.0".
• Adobe also released a Chart program with the Persuasion software, 3DF files have the same format at versions 3 & 4 of CorelCHART. Including a Mac version with big-endian 4D 4D at BOF.

Sample Files

• CorelCHART v3 Sample
• CorelCHART version 5 sample file

Screenshots