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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. | ||
| − | The [[PUZ]] format used by Microsoft Publisher is a Cabinet file with a '''.puz''' extension, containing the Publisher document and its external links. | + | The [[PUZ]] format used by [[Microsoft Publisher]] for its "Pack and Go" feature 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 19:57, 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 for its "Pack and Go" feature is a Cabinet file with a .puz extension, containing the Publisher document and its external links.
