BTR Converter

Extract text from BTR files

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How to extract text from your BTR file

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

Convert BTR to another file type

To convert your BTR file to another format, you need Actian Zen / PSQL or other Database software.

Convert a file to BTR

To convert other file formats to the "Transactional Database File" file type, you need software like Actian Zen / PSQL or a similar tool.

About BTR files

A .BTR file is primarily a Btrieve Database File, a high-performance transactional database format now managed by Actian Zen (formerly Pervasive PSQL). These binary files store critical accounting and inventory records for software like Sage 50 (formerly Peachtree/Pastel) and legacy systems like Novell NetWare and Microsoft FrontPage.

The Problem: .BTR files are proprietary "flat" database containers. You cannot double-click to open them in Excel or Notepad because they lack a readable header without an accompanying data dictionary. Users often find themselves locked out of historical financial data when they no longer have the original ERP software installed.

The Solution:

For Data Analysis: Convert the table data to CSV or Excel (.XLSX). This typically requires an ODBC driver or a specialized viewer that can read the binary structure.
For Migration: Convert to SQL dump files to import into modern databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL.
For Gaming (Secondary Use): If found in Skyrim or Fallout folders, these are Bethesda Terrain Renderer files used for Level of Detail (LOD) generation. These can often be renamed to NIF to be viewed in NifSkope.

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

Users also converted PPTX, ZIP, BTW, PDF, MOF, DB and LNK files.

FAQ

If you want to convert BTR file to DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB, GDB, MYD, FRM or SQL, you can use Actian Zen / PSQL or similar software from the "Transactional Database Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to BTR, try Actian Zen / PSQL or another comparable tool in the "Transactional Database Storage" category.

The BTR 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 BTR converter.