How to convert your BTN file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BTN file.
- You'll see a preview.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert BTN to another file type
The converter easily converts your BTN file to various formats - free and online. No Excel or extra software needed.
- BTN to CSV
- BTN to JSON
- BTN to XML
- BTN to YAML
- BTN to YML
- BTN to TOML
- BTN to INI
- BTN to CFG
- BTN to CONF
- BTN to DAT
- BTN to DB
- BTN to SQL
Convert a file to BTN
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Developer formats to BTN with high quality output.
- DBF to BTN
- XML to BTN
- SQLITE to BTN
- XLSX to BTN
- SQL to BTN
- TSV to BTN
- ACCDB to BTN
- YAML to BTN
- MDB to BTN
- CSV to BTN
- ODS to BTN
- JSON to BTN
About BTN files
The .BTN extension is a dual-purpose format that often confuses users due to its application-specific nature. Primarily, it serves as a Button Object file for AutoPlay Media Studio, a rapid application development tool by Indigo Rose. In this context, the file is essentially a container (often a renamed ZIP) that bundles the button's graphical states (Normal, Hover, Clicked), sound effects, and embedded script logic into a single drag-and-drop widget. Users typically encounter friction here because these files act like black boxes; you cannot simply double-click to view the button or open it in standard image editors like Adobe Photoshop, despite them containing standard image data.
A secondary but significant use case involves CLO and Marvelous Designer, where the .BTN file represents a 3D fastener (button) asset used in digital fashion design. These are proprietary 3D data files defining physical properties like weight, texture, and collision geometry.
Conversion Recommendations:
- For Asset Extraction (AutoPlay): Since these files are often disguised archives, converting or renaming them to ZIP is the fastest way to extract the internal PNG, BMP, or JPG images for use on the web or in other design tools.
- For 3D Modeling (CLO): These files are locked to the simulation software. To use the geometry elsewhere, you generally must open them in the native software and export to universal 3D formats like OBJ or FBX.
- For Archiving: Determine the subtype first using convert.guru to ensure you aren't discarding vital metadata required by the original authoring tools.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your BTN file.
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The BTN 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 BTN converter.