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Extension: HCW
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
HTML Help Workshop Conversion Wizard Macro		Microsoft Corporation
Specific Notes [What's This?]
The wizard macro is an undocumented HTML Help conversion tool for converting .HPJ to .HHP format. To use the technique create a CONVERT.HCW file using any text editor (the name can be any rootname with the .HCW extension). The file should contain a minimum of two lines. The first of them is the full path to the .HPJ file and the second is the full path to the .HHP file you wish to create. Note: these are full pathnames including the drive and all subdirectories on each line. Once created, open the file in HTML Help Worskhop. There should be a quick flash of a dialog box and afterward you should find the help file fully converted. If you need to convert more than one help file add additional line pairs and all will be converted when you run the file in HTML Help Workshop. Recommended: Find HCW errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
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Identifying Characters [What's This?]
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Program ID [What's This?]
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General Notes [What's This?]
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This is record 17352 last modified on 2004-09-05 and created on 2004-09-05.

General Info

• If the extension you are looking for is of the form .??_ the file is likely a compressed file and part of an install routine. When the install program runs it will expand the file and replace the underscore with the proper letter for the file type.
• If the file is sent as an audio file with any three-character extension it may be a dictation file where the extension is the dictator's initials; playable by BCB Voice Systems software (see ??? extension). The file could likewise be a dictation file in TrueSpeech format. Use Windows Sound Recorder and/or Media Player to play these back.
• If the extension you are looking for has a number at the end or is only a number and there were no results consider entering the same extension format using zero or one as some programs produce numbered split files but when the split can be extensive (e.g., .000-.999) only the first entry is in the database.

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