BPF Converter

Extract text from BPF files


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

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

Convert BPF to another file type

To convert your BPF file to another format, you need Infor LN / Boardmaker or other Data software.

  • BPF to PDF
  • BPF to JSON
  • BPF to LAS
  • BPF to INDD
  • BPF to QXP
  • BPF to PUB
  • BPF to PMD
  • BPF to PM6
  • BPF to PM7
  • BPF to PM8
  • BPF to PM9
  • BPF to PM10

Convert a file to BPF

To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Report / Activity File" file type, you need software like Infor LN / Boardmaker or a similar tool.

  • MDI to BPF
  • PUB to BPF
  • PDP to BPF
  • PM4 to BPF
  • P65 to BPF
  • COMIC to BPF
  • WEBTEMPLATE to BPF
  • PMD to BPF
  • SPUB to BPF
  • INDD to BPF
  • PM5 to BPF
  • QXP to BPF

About BPF files

The .bpf extension is a classic example of file format collision, most commonly representing either a Baan ERP document or a Boardmaker activity file.

For enterprise users, a .bpf file is typically a report output generated by the legacy Baan ERP system (now owned by Infor). These files contain critical business data - inventory logs, financial statements, or manufacturing schedules - locked inside a proprietary wrapper. The primary challenge is that modern office suites cannot parse the specific encoding used by older Baan versions, rendering the data inaccessible without the original ERP environment. Converting these to PDF for archiving or CSV/XLSX for analysis in Microsoft Excel is the standard workflow to reclaim this data.

In the education and speech therapy sector, .bpf refers to a Boardmaker Picture File. Created by Tobii Dynavox software, these files store communication boards and interactive activities for students with special needs. The frustration here is accessibility: parents and teachers cannot view these files without purchasing expensive Boardmaker licenses. Converting Boardmaker .bpf files to PDF or JPEG allows for easy printing, sharing via email, and viewing on any tablet or smartphone.

Less common variants include BifrostV VPN configurations (text-based), BrightAuthor presentation projects, or Business Plan Pro documents. To determine the correct format, users can often try opening the file in a simple text editor; if readable text appears, it is likely a configuration or report file suitable for conversion to TXT.

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

Users also converted BPTF, BFP, BPD, PBF, BMP, PDF, DBT, BM2, PSP, ACSM, JPEG, TXT and DOCX files.



The BPF 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 BPF converter.