Information Presentation Facility

IBM Information Presentation Facility was introduced with OS/2 Version 1.2. It is based on a subset of Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML).

Development Tools

 * IBM HyperWrite
 * IBM Hyperwise
 * Compiler
 * csIPFC (Shareware)
 * IPFC - Compiler for INF and HLP formatted online reference and help manuals.
 * wipfc - OpenWatcom IPF compiler


 * Converter
 * HyperAct HLPDK/PA


 * Viewer
 * VIEW - included with OS/2
 * NewView - viewer that can also extract resources
 * XView - viewer for Windows

Articles

 * OS/2 2.0 Information Presentation Facility (IPF) Data Format by Carl Hauser and Marcus Gröber (Jul 1993)
 * Inside INF by Peter Childs (Sep 1995)

Publications

 * IBM OS/2 Warp IPF Programming Guide (G25H-7110)