Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DDC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DDC to another file type
To convert DDC Database files to another format, you need Synopsys Design Compiler or other Database software.
Convert a file to DDC
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Configuration Database" file type, you need software like Synopsys Design Compiler or a similar tool.
About DDC files
The .DDC file extension is heavily fragmented and serves entirely different purposes depending on the software that created it. Primarily, it is used as a document reference file in Decos systems, a synthesized design database by Synopsys Design Compiler, or a scanner configuration database running on the JetDB engine for Datalogic hardware. It is also found as a report document in Data Dynamics ActiveReports or as a local save file for the PC game Deadliest Catch. You typically need the exact original software, such as Datalogic Aladdin, Synopsys Design Compiler, or ActiveReports, to open these files. The main disadvantage of the .DDC format is its strict proprietary nature. These files are closed-source, highly specific to their parent software, and completely unsupported by web browsers or generic text editors. This causes immense confusion when users receive a .DDC file without knowing its origin. Because these are complex databases or binary configuration sets, direct conversion to a universally readable format like PDF or CSV is rarely possible without the native software's export function. This file format is extremely difficult to open or convert online because standard converters cannot interpret the proprietary logic. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the embedded data. Our analysis engine will inspect the file's internal headers, extract readable text, and determine if an underlying format like JetDB can be salvaged.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DDC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DDC file to LCC, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT or DB, you can use Synopsys Design Compiler or similar software from the "Proprietary Database and Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to DDC, try Synopsys Design Compiler or another comparable tool in the "Proprietary Database and Configuration" category.
The DDC 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 DDC converter.