### IPFC - IPF Compiler (OS/2, Windows)

The Information Processing Facility (IPF) is a tool that you can use to create online information, to specify how it will appear on the screen, to connect various parts of the information, and to provide help information that can be requested by the user. IPF features include:

- A tagging language that formats text and provides ways to connect information and customize the information display.
- A compiler that creates online documents and help windows.
- A viewing program that displays formatted online documents.

To view formatted online documents under the OS/2 environment, use the VIEW command to invoke the viewer.
For information regarding the IPF tagging language, please see the IPF Programming Guide for OS/2.

To view formatted online documents under the Windows environment, use the IVIEW command to invoke the viewer.
For information regarding the IPF tagging language, please see the IPF Programming Guide for Windows.

Note: To run the help files, the following files must be present:

- iview.exe
- libipf32.dll
- ipf32.dll (language specific)
- hmhelp.hlp (language specific)
- viewh.hlp (language specific)

IPFC - Starting the IPF Compiler
IPFC - Environment Variables
IPFC - Viewing an Online Document
IPFC - Concatenating .INF files