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'''Cabinet''' is a compressed archiver created by Microsoft and used in various installers. Among its several compression formats is [[LZX]], a format co-created by Jonathan Forbes, who was hired by Microsoft after co-creating the format in an independent archiver, and contributed it to Microsoft for use in their products. | '''Cabinet''' is a compressed archiver created by Microsoft and used in various installers. Among its several compression formats is [[LZX]], a format co-created by Jonathan Forbes, who was hired by Microsoft after co-creating the format in an independent archiver, and contributed it to Microsoft for use in their products. | ||
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| + | The [[PUZ]] format used by Microsoft Publisher is a Cabinet file with a '''.puz''' extension, containing the Publisher document and its external links. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417343.aspx Official documentation at Microsoft developer site] | * [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417343.aspx Official documentation at Microsoft developer site] | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Cabinet (file format)|Wikipedia article]] | * [[Wikipedia:Cabinet (file format)|Wikipedia article]] | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 10 February 2013
Cabinet is a compressed archiver created by Microsoft and used in various installers. Among its several compression formats is LZX, a format co-created by Jonathan Forbes, who was hired by Microsoft after co-creating the format in an independent archiver, and contributed it to Microsoft for use in their products.
The PUZ format used by Microsoft Publisher is a Cabinet file with a .puz extension, containing the Publisher document and its external links.
