WINDOWS HELP FILE (.HLP) FORMAT

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From: Michelle Wien
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 03:19

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  Hi,
  
  I'm trying to understand the format of the Windows .HLP
file. Do any of you know if this format is documented ?
Or has anyone ever tried to extract the text (at least
some of it) from a .HLP file ?

  There are many formats, including the ones generated by
hc30 and hc31, with various degrees of compression. I'd
be happy if someone can tell me what information I should
look for (and where) at least in an uncompressed .HLP file
(created w/ hc30 or hc31 and COMPRESSION=NONE).

  Thank you.

  -scr  (stephan@ganesh.med.harvard.edu)

  Please respond directly via e-mail.

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