WinHelp annotation

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'''WinHelp annotation''' files (.ann) are annotations to [[HLP (WinHelp)]] files. [[Wikipedia:WinHelp|Wikipedia's article]] on WinHelp mentions its format as "plain text?", with the question mark indicating that nobody seems to really be sure. If somebody can find examples "out in the wild", maybe this can be settled.
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'''WinHelp annotation''' files (.ann) are annotations to [[HLP (WinHelp)]] files.  
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These in principal use the same structure as the HLP files.
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Therefore, these are not pure text files, but they are rather binary files.
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The annotation parts themselves are embedded as simple text.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:31, 28 June 2024

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Name WinHelp annotation
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Extension(s) .ann

WinHelp annotation files (.ann) are annotations to HLP (WinHelp) files. These in principal use the same structure as the HLP files. Therefore, these are not pure text files, but they are rather binary files. The annotation parts themselves are embedded as simple text.

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