BDSPROJ Converter

Extract text from Borland projects (BDSPROJ)


Drop or upload your .BDSPROJ file
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How to extract text from your BDSPROJ file

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

Convert BDSPROJ to another file type

To convert BDSPROJ projects to another format, you need Borland Developer Studio or other Developer software.

Convert a file to BDSPROJ

To convert other file formats to the "IDE Project" file type, you need software like Borland Developer Studio or a similar tool.


About BDSPROJ files

A .BDSPROJ file is a legacy project configuration file used by Borland Developer Studio 2006 (BDS) and Turbo editions. It stores vital build settings, compiler directives, and file paths in an XML structure, serving as the blueprint for Delphi and C++ applications from the mid-2000s.

Users typically encounter these files when inheriting old codebases. The main challenge is that modern IDEs like Embarcadero RAD Studio use newer formats (dproj for Delphi, cbproj for C++Builder). While modern software can attempt to import and upgrade .BDSPROJ files, the process is often one-way and can break strict legacy dependencies or relative paths. Additionally, without the original Borland software installed, the file appears as an unrecognized binary to the OS.

For active development, the best path is importing into a modern IDE to generate a dproj. For archiving or code review without the IDE, converting the file to PDF or formatted XML/TXT is recommended to preserve a human-readable record of the project's original configuration and file hierarchy.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert BDSPROJ file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use Borland Developer Studio or similar software from the "IDE Project Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to BDSPROJ, try Borland Developer Studio or another comparable tool in the "IDE Project Configuration" category.



The BDSPROJ 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 BDSPROJ converter.