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DESCRIPTION
xCHM is an open source (GPL) viewer for reading Microsoft's proprietary .CHM (compiled HTML) files. These .chm files are commonly used as product manuals, and lots of e-books come in this format. For instance, the PHP manuals and the Java class library references are primarily available in .chm format.

Previously, there was no way that I could find to read these on OS X, without using a utility that would decompress the HTML into a million tiny files. This program was originally written for Linux, but because it was written using the wxWindows (www.wxwindows.org) GUI Toolkit, it was fairly easy to compile it to run as a native Mac application. Even though this was originally Unix software, X11 IS NOT REQUIRED.

All I did was tweak the source a little to get it to be a little more Mac-friendly, and create a double-clickable application bundle.

WHAT'S NEW
release notes not available currently
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:Razvan Cojocaru
Downloads:35,767
  - Version d/l:10,551
Development:HTML
License:Free
Date:14 Apr 2007
Platform:PPC/Intel
xCHM User Reviews (30 posts)Write A Review
May 2 2008

THEWHITERABBIT  Unfortunately, I no longer have access to the MacMini machine I've been connecting to build xCHM. If you need pre-compiled xCHM binaries that you can drag-and-drop to install, I will continue to create them free of charge, provided that I manage to raise enough money to buy a cheap Mac machine to work on. If you would like to donate, you can use the "Support this project button" at the bottom of any page from http://xchm.sourceforge.net. All you need is a SourceForge.net account (which is free), and a PayPal account. The minimum donation allowed by the SourceForge.net system is $5, and I need to raise about 800 EUROs for the cheapest MacMini machine available here.

This is, of course, if you prefer to have pre-built universal binaries. The source code is still available for free, and it is obviously possible to make Mac builds.  (Version 1.13)

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Nov 2 2007

RAIMONDI  It worked fine the first time I use it, after that I only get the splash window and can't open anything else. Any idea? it seems to be the best (unique)alternative to read CHM files...  (Version 1.13)

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Aug 24 2006

BURRO  Worked beautifully in earlier versions. Arghh! I threw them away on two machines before trying 1.9... which does not work at all, except to open its own splash page.

I've tried it out on a 1.33MhZ G4 iBook, a brand-new Intel iBook, and 2 G4 733MHz towers. Same on each.

Thanks for your continued efforts, Rabbit!  (Version 1.9)

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Jun 13 2006

THEWHITERABBIT  I've made a new build with the Unicode support disabled (my theory is that's what caused the crashes). Of course, I could be wrong. Please test it on i386 and let me know. You can get it from here:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xchm/xchm-1.9a-universal.dmg?download  (Version 1.9)

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