Binhex 4.0 Converter
Hi.Someone on my team (who has a Mac, running Office 2011) sent me a Word file via email (Lotus Notes being the mail application). I am on a PC, running Office 2010. When I try to open the file on my PC, I get a page full of gobbeldeygook, beginning with theerror 'This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0'. Have tested the same file on a Mac (also running Office 2011), and am getting the same issue.
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Haven't been able to find any utilities on the web that will help me decode this file. Might anyone have anyideas?
The HQX Misc file formatHQX files have been initially created for Apple Mac computers. The data inside the file has undergone compression as well as encoding, resulting in a 7-bit text instead of a 8-bit binary format. The encoding is done using the BinHex 4.0 encoding mechanism.These kinds of files are typically used for file transfer of binary files like documents, images or other multimedia attachments when sending an e-mail. They are used for different means of file transfer on the internet as well.
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Technical details of HQX filesHQX files are text files that range from binary to hexadecimal. While BinHex 4.0 is used for encoding in HQX files, RLE is used for the compression.What makes HQX files predestined for file downloads on the internet or sending e-mail attachments is the fact that they couple combine both data and resource fork of the Mac file system to form only one archive.Files with the HQX extension are significantly bigger than the original binary files they were made out of. However, they are not as vulnerable to corruption during the transfer as the original binary files are. More information about the HQX file format File extension.hqxFile categoryAssociated programsApple Archive UtilityCorel WinZip 18.5ESTsoft ALZipIncredible Bee ArchiverSmith Micro StuffIt DeluxeUseful linksDeveloperYves Lempereur.