.DOX File Extension

ActiveX program file saved during the development of an ActiveX project in binary format; similar to a .DOB file, but contains graphics and other data that cannot be saved in a text format.

File created by Doxygen, a documentation system for programming languages such as C++, Java, Python, and PHP; contains text and Doxygen markup tags, which include references to source code files and specifications for generating documents.

DOX files are commonly used to generate HTML documentation on the Web. They may also be used to generate LaTeX documents.

Document created by MultiMate, a word processing program that was popular in the 1980s; contains document text and data.

MultiMate is no longer used or supported, but existing DOX files can be opened in Corel WordPerfect.