The VAR file extension is used to refer to Start Variable Data files in the Infinity Game Engine. VAR start variable data files are used to contain variable definitions that are used during computer game development. VAR game files are not intended for manual editing.
The file extension .var is also utilized to hold variable definitions for the My Personal Programmer, which is an application designed to generate programs without necessarily writing a source code. The file extension .var is responsible for producing the visual result of the programs generated by the application. Described as a codeless programming utility, the application can easily generate small programs that can support multimedia, Internet, audio, video and database functionalities, with the ability of generating help files for the applications. The file extension .var supported software, My Personal Programmer, has an interface that allows for the addition of customized features that are usually not present in other development languages. The application uses a compiler to generate the final output of the software program that it created, free of royalty charges for the developer. The file extension .var is also implemented as the ASCII text document, which contains the data dictionary of the Sterling Dictionary application. Likewise, the .var file extension also serves as the Session Data of the WebHub program, which gives a paradigm of saving frameworks automatically, without using cookies that can be very effective in producing applications that utilize databases.
The VAR file extension is related to WebHub, a technology ideal for building database-driven applications developed by HREF Tools Corp. A *.var file used in WebHub contains saved web session data.