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File format for help documentation
Microsoft WinHelp is a proprietary format for online help files that can be displayed by the Microsoft Help browser winhelp.exe or winhlp32.exe. The file format is based on Rich Text Format (RTF). It remained a popular Help platform from Windows 3.0 through Windows XP. WinHelp was removed in Windows Vista and Microsoft discouraged software developers from using the obsolete format and encouraged use of newer help formats. Support for WinHelp files would eventually be removed entirely in Windows 10. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WinHelpA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The developer's guide to WinHelp.ExeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: Help (command)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: ClipBook ViewerA closely related topic
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đź“š Books worth reading
The developer's guide to WinHelp.ExeJim Mischel · 1993- 📕Mastering WinhelpJack Deland · 1995
RoboHELP 2000 for WinHelpWilliam Meisheid David Locke · 1999- 📕ha-Madrikh ha-shalem le-Tayarut kafrit, WeekendWinHelp Ltd · 2003
- 📕Developer's Guide to Winhelp. Exe - DiskMischel · 1994
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