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[ 0 => '{{refimprove|date=June 2011}}', 1 => '{{Infobox file format', 2 => '| name = Microsoft Compiled HTML Help', 3 => '| icon =', 4 => '| logo =', 5 => '| screenshot =', 6 => '| caption =', 7 => '| extension = .chm', 8 => '| mime = application/vnd.ms-htmlhelp<ref>{{cite web |last=Techtonik |first=Anatoly |title=application/vnd.ms-htmlhelp |url=http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.ms-htmlhelp |date=11 April 2006 |accessdate=7 March 2012}}</ref>', 9 => '| type code =', 10 => '| uniform type =', 11 => '| magic =', 12 => '| owner = [[Microsoft]]', 13 => '| released = 1997', 14 => '| latest release version =', 15 => '| latest release date =', 16 => '| genre =', 17 => '| container for =', 18 => '| contained by =', 19 => '| extended from =', 20 => '| extended to = [[Microsoft Reader|.lit]]', 21 => '| standard =', 22 => '| url =', 23 => '}}', 24 => '{{Infobox Windows component', 25 => '| name = Microsoft Compiled HTML Help', 26 => '| type = Help system', 27 => '| included_with = [[Windows 98]]', 28 => '| replaces = [[Microsoft WinHelp]]', 29 => '| replaced_by = [[Microsoft Help 2]]', 30 => '}}', 31 => false, 32 => ''''Microsoft Compiled HTML Help''' is a [[Microsoft]] proprietary [[online help]] format, consisting of a collection of [[HTML]] pages, an index and other navigation tools. The files are compressed and deployed in a binary format with the extension .CHM, for Compiled HTML. The format is often used for [[software documentation]].', 33 => false, 34 => 'It was introduced as the successor to [[Microsoft WinHelp]] with the release of [[Windows 98]] and is still supported in [[Windows 7]]. Although the format was designed by Microsoft, it has been successfully [[Reverse engineering|reverse-engineered]] and is now supported in many document viewer applications.', 35 => false, 36 => '==History==', 37 => '{| class="wikitable" border="1"', 38 => '!Month', 39 => '!Year', 40 => '!Description', 41 => '|-', 42 => '|February', 43 => '|1996', 44 => '|[[Microsoft]] announces plans to stop development of WinHelp and start development on HTML Help.', 45 => '|-', 46 => '|August', 47 => '|1997', 48 => '|HTML Help 1.0 (HH 1.0) is released with [[Internet Explorer 4]].', 49 => '|-', 50 => '|February', 51 => '|1998', 52 => '|HTML Help 1.1a ships with [[Windows 98]].', 53 => '|-', 54 => '|January', 55 => '|rowspan=2|2000', 56 => '|HTML Help 1.3 ships with [[Windows 2000]].', 57 => '|-', 58 => '|July', 59 => '|HTML Help 1.32 releases with [[Internet Explorer 5|Internet Explorer 5.5]] and [[Windows Me]].', 60 => '|-', 61 => '|October', 62 => '|rowspan=2|2001', 63 => '|HTML Help 1.33 releases with [[Internet Explorer 6]] and [[Windows XP]].', 64 => '|-', 65 => '|March', 66 => '|At the [[WritersUA]] (formerly WinWriters) conference, Microsoft announces plans for a new help platform, Help 2, which is also HTML based.', 67 => '|-', 68 => '|January', 69 => '|2003', 70 => '|Microsoft decides not to release [[Microsoft Help 2]] as a general Help platform.', 71 => '|}', 72 => false, 73 => 'Microsoft has announced that they do not intend to add any new features to HTML Help.<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft HTML Help Downloads |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms669985 |publisher=Microsoft |accessdate=6 March 2012}}</ref>', 74 => false, 75 => '==File format==', 76 => 'Help is delivered as a binary file with the .chm extension. It contains a set of HTML files, a [[hyperlink]]ed table of contents, and an index file. The file format has been reverse-engineered and documentation of it is freely available.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wise |first=Paul |last2=Wing |first2=Jed |title=Unofficial (Preliminary) HTML Help Specification |url=http://www.nongnu.org/chmspec/latest/index.html |year=2005 |accessdate=15 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Palade |first=Alexandru |title=Archive::Chm |url=https://metacpan.org/pod/Archive::Chm |year=2005 |accessdate=22 July 2014 }}</ref>', 77 => false, 78 => 'The file starts with bytes "ITSF" (in [[ASCII]]), for "Info-Tech Storage Format".', 79 => false, 80 => 'CHM files support the following features:', 81 => '* Data compression (with [[LZX (algorithm)|LZX compression]])', 82 => '* Built-in search engine', 83 => '* Ability to merge multiple .chm help files', 84 => '* Extended character support, although it does not fully support [[Unicode]].<ref>{{cite web', 85 => '|title=INFO: Limited Unicode Support in HTML Help', 86 => '|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269766/', 87 => '|publisher=Microsoft', 88 => '|date=11 April 2001', 89 => '|accessdate=17 March 2012', 90 => '}}</ref>', 91 => false, 92 => '==Use in Windows applications==', 93 => 'The [[Microsoft Reader]]'s .lit file format is a modification of the HTML Help CHM format. CHM files are sometimes used for e-books.<ref>Title Handbook of Data Compression', 94 => 'Authors David Salomon, Giovanni Motta, David (CON) Bryant', 95 => 'Edition 5, illustrated', 96 => 'Publisher Springer, 2009', 97 => 'ISBN 1-84882-902-7, ISBN 978-1-84882-902-2', 98 => 'Length 1359 pages</ref>', 99 => false, 100 => '[[Sumatra PDF]] supports viewing CHM documents since version 1.9.', 101 => false, 102 => 'Various applications, such as HTML Help Workshop and [[7-Zip]] can decompile CHM files. The hh.exe utility on Windows and the extract_chmLib utility (a component of chmlib) on Linux can also decompile CHM files.', 103 => false, 104 => 'The [[Free Pascal]] project has a compiler (chmcmd) that can create CHM files in a multiplatform way.', 105 => false, 106 => '==Use in non-Windows applications==', 107 => false, 108 => 'Read support:', 109 => '* GTK: {{SourceForge|gnochm|GnoCHM}}, [http://code.google.com/p/chmsee CHMsee], [https://github.com/ojuba-org/chmviewkit chmviewkit]', 110 => '* Qt: [[Okular]], [http://www.kchmviewer.net/ kchmviewer], {{SourceForge|kchm|KCHM}}', 111 => '* Java: {{SourceForge|chmpane|CHMPane}}', 112 => '* iOS: [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chmate-neue-chm-reader-reloaded/id335157929?mt=8 CHMate Neue], [http://www.robinlu.com/ichm iChm], [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chmplus-pro-chm-reader/id441521818?ls=1&mt=8 ChmPlus], [https://sites.google.com/site/readchm/ ReadCHM]', 113 => '* Android: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kingreader.framework&feature=search_result KingReader], [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hystudio.android.chm&feature=search_result Chm Reader], [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chaozh.iReader&feature=search_result iReader]', 114 => '* Mac OS X: [http://www.robinlu.com/ichm iChm], [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chmplus-chm-reader/id588628901?ls=1&mt=12 ChmPlus], [http://chmox.sourceforge.net/ CHMox], [http://code.google.com/p/archmock/ ArCHMock], [http://www.enolsoft.com/chm-to-epub-for-mac.html CHM to EPUB], [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clearview-reader/id557090104 Clearview Reader]', 115 => '* Other / multiple: [[xCHM]], {{SourceForge|archmage|arCHMage}}, DisplayCHM,<ref>[http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Displaychm?content=72664 Displaychm], KDE Service Menu</ref> [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chmfox ChmFox Firefox addon], [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chm-reader/ CHM Reader Firefox addon], [[FBReader]]', 116 => '* Amiga: [http://aminet.net/search.php?query=libmspack libmspack] on [[Aminet]]', 117 => false, 118 => 'Read/write support:', 119 => '* [[Lazarus (IDE)]]/[[Free Pascal]] (for a [[doxygen]] like tool, a separate [[commandline]] [[compiler]] in 2.6.0+, and a simple viewer in Lazarus)', 120 => false, 121 => '==See also==', 122 => '* [[Windows Help]]', 123 => '* [[Microsoft Help 2]]', 124 => '* [[Comparison of documentation generators]]', 125 => false, 126 => '==References==', 127 => '{{Reflist|2}}', 128 => false, 129 => '==External links==', 130 => '* [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb267846.aspx HTML Help Web Page on MSDN]', 131 => '* [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb165722(VS.80).aspx Microsoft Help 2 Reference] (part of Visual Studio SDK for VS7.1 and VS8.0)', 132 => '* [http://www.helpware.net/htmlhelp/hh_info.htm History of HTML Help]', 133 => '* [http://www.nongnu.org/chmspec/latest/index.html Unofficial (Preliminary) HTML Help Specification]', 134 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:Microsoft Compiled Html Help}}', 135 => false, 136 => '[[Category:Internet Explorer]]', 137 => '[[Category:Technical communication]]', 138 => '[[Category:Online help]]' ]