BA Converter

Extract text from BA files

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Drop or upload your .BA file

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How to extract text from your BA file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BA file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert BA to another file type

To convert your BA file to another format, you need MicroStation or other Developer software.

BA to ZIP
BA to RAR
BA to 7Z
BA to TAR
BA to GZ
BA to BZ2
BA to XZ
BA to LZMA
BA to CAB
BA to ACE
BA to ARJ
BA to LHA

Convert a file to BA

To convert other file formats to the "BASIC Macro Script" file type, you need software like MicroStation or a similar tool.

XXE to BA
7Z to BA
Z to BA
PAK to BA
LHA to BA
DEB to BA
UUE to BA
TAR to BA
LZH to BA
ZIP to BA
PKG to BA
RAR to BA

About BA files

The .BA file extension typically represents a MicroStation BASIC Macro, a legacy scripting format used to automate drafting tasks in older versions of Bentley MicroStation. While these files were once the standard for CAD automation, modern editions have deprecated BASIC in favor of VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and .NET, leaving many .BA files as inaccessible "zombie" code that cannot be executed in current software environments. Users often find themselves locked out of their own automation logic because the proprietary interpreter is no longer available.

Complicating matters, the .BA extension is a "chameleon" format also used in gaming. It serves as an animation container for Hellgate: London, a compiled asset in CryEngine, and even a data archive in engines like Aquria. These variations are binary blobs, meaning opening them in a text editor results in unintelligible gibberish. Users frequently struggle to distinguish between a text-based CAD script and a binary game asset.

Best Conversion Targets:

For CAD/Developer Use: Convert MicroStation macros to TXT or BAS to view the source code. This allows you to inspect the logic and manually port it to .MVBA (MicroStation VBA) or C#.
For Archiving: Convert to PDF to preserve the code structure for documentation purposes.
For Gamers: If it is a game archive (CryEngine/Aquria), treating it as a ZIP or extracting it to standard image/model formats is often the only way to access the internal assets.

Convert.Guru analyzes your BA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted BA3, DATA, AB, ZIP, 7Z and XZ files.

The BA Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our BA converter.