.DOX File Extension
Visual Basic Binary UserDocument
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Popularity |
3.8 | 34 Votes |
What is a DOX file?
A DOX file is a UserDocument used by Microsoft Visual Basic when developing ActiveX Document applications. It stores a UserDocument in a binary format, including its controls, properties, layout, and other information needed to recreate the document within a Visual Basic project. ActiveX Document technology has been discontinued, but DOX files may still be found in legacy Visual Basic projects and archived software.
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Developers created DOX files as part of Visual Basic projects that used ActiveX Documents to provide interactive, document-based applications. These applications could be hosted in supported environments, such as Internet Explorer or other ActiveX document containers, allowing users to interact with Visual Basic interfaces outside of a traditional executable program.
How to open a DOX file
You can open DOX files with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 as part of an ActiveX Document project. Since DOX files depend on other project files and Visual Basic components, they are generally not intended to be opened by themselves. Also, Visual Basic 6.0 is no longer developed.
Programs that open DOX files
Doxygen Documentation File
| Developer | Dimitri van Heesch |
| Popularity |
3.3 | 12 Votes |
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DOX files are commonly used to generate HTML documentation on the Web. They may also be used to generate LaTeX documents.
Programs that open or reference DOX files
MultiMate Document
| Developer | Softword Systems |
| Popularity |
1.0 | 8 Votes |
Document created by MultiMate, a word processing program that was popular in the 1980s; contains document text and data.
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MultiMate is no longer used or supported, but existing DOX files can be opened in Corel WordPerfect.