Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BAL file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert BAL to another file type
To convert BAL layout files to another format, you need B4X or other Developer software.
Convert a file to BAL
To convert other file formats to the "UI Layout File" file type, you need software like B4X or a similar tool.
About BAL files
The .BAL file format primarily functions as a B4X Layout File. Developers use it in the Anywhere Software B4X suite (specifically Basic4android or B4A) to store user interface designs for mobile applications. These files dictate the visual arrangement of buttons, text fields, and images within the app. Alternatively, the .BAL extension is used by the SAIBA Accounting System for government inventory data archives, and by EBP Compta software for French accounting balance data. A major disadvantage of .BAL files is their highly specific and proprietary nature. A B4X layout file is essentially useless outside of the B4A IDE. Standard text editors or design tools cannot render the UI layout. This vendor lock-in means developers face challenges if they want to migrate their UI designs to standard Android Studio XML formats or web-based frameworks. Furthermore, variants like the SAIBA data archives are actually renamed ZIP files, while satellite receiver menu images are disguised PNG files, causing significant confusion for users who lack the specific originating software. If you have a B4X Layout file, you usually need to recreate the UI manually or use the B4A environment to export elements. However, if your .BAL file is a data archive or an image, the best conversion targets are standard ZIP or PNG formats. Because the extension serves multiple, conflicting purposes across different industries, standard online converters usually fail to process it. Even if it is a closed, proprietary layout, our analysis can inspect the file, reveal its true internal signature, and often extract embedded text or underlying archive structures.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BAL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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FAQ
If you want to convert BAL file to , you can use B4X or similar software from the "Visual Designer Layout" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to BAL, try B4X or another comparable tool in the "Visual Designer Layout" category.
The BAL 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 BAL converter.