Compound File Binary Format

Compound File Binary Format (CFBF), also called Compound File, Compound Document format, or Composite Document File V2 Document (CDF), is a compound document file format for storing numerous files and streams within a single file on a disk.

Object linking and embedding (OLE) by Microsoft; see Compound File Binary Format

Microsoft has opened the format for use by others and it is now used in a variety of programs from Microsoft Word and Microsoft Access to Business Objects.

Each binary word file is an (Object Linking and Embedding) OLE Compound File, a hierarchical file system within a file.

Compound File Binary Format (CFBF), also called Compound File, Compound Document format, or Composite Document File V2 Document (CDF), is a compound document file format for storing numerous files and streams within a single file on a disk.

CFBF is developed by Microsoft and is an implementation of Microsoft COM Structured Storage.

CFBF is developed by Microsoft and is an implementation of Microsoft COM Structured Storage.

Microsoft has opened the format for use by others and it is now used in a variety of programs from Microsoft Word and Microsoft Access to Business Objects.

It also forms the basis of the Advanced Authoring Format.

A CFBF file structure loosely resembles a FAT filesystem.

A CFBF file structure loosely resembles a FAT filesystem.

Cabinet (file format)

This creates a Compound File Binary Format document and a master file to which the document makes reference.

Composite Document File, a Microsoft compound document file format

SNP files are based on the Microsoft Compound File Binary Format (CFBF), which is also the basis for the Advanced Authoring Format (AAF).

Microsoft Office prior to Office 2007 used proprietary file formats based on the OLE Compound File Binary Format.

Microsoft Compound File Binary Format (mostly known as one of the older formats of Microsoft Office documents) files start with, which is visually suggestive of the word "DOCFILE0".

Compound File Binary Format (CFBF) is a file format for storing many files and streams within one file on a disk. CFBF is developed by Microsoft and is an implementation of Microsoft COM Structured Storage. Structured storage is widely used as main file format in Microsoft Office applications including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Access and is the basis of Advanced Authoring Format.

The rpmsg file is created by writing body, attachments and images to a compound file and then compressing and encrypting it to create a BLOB: the rpmsg file.