Extract text from Dynamic HTML files (DHTML)
To convert DHTML HTML files to another format, you need Google Chrome or other Web software.
To convert other file formats to the "Dynamic Web Page" file type, you need software like Google Chrome or a similar tool.
A .dhtml file is a Dynamic HTML document. It contains standard HTML markup alongside embedded or linked JavaScript and CSS to animate elements, handle user input, or change page styles dynamically.
You can open these files with any standard web browser like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or text editors like Visual Studio Code or Notepad++. To learn more about its history, see Dynamic HTML on Wikipedia.
The term "DHTML" is a relic from the late 1990s browser wars. While modern browsers still process them natively, maintaining these older files is difficult. They often contain legacy, unoptimized JavaScript or deprecated DOM methods that cause security warnings or break in strict browser environments. Furthermore, rendering a complex dynamic page into a static format for archiving is historically tricky because the content changes after the initial load.
If you need to archive the visual state, convert .dhtml to pdf, png, or jpg. If you are standardizing code, simply rename or convert it to standard html. Note that converting to a static image or document will strip all interactive JavaScript features.
Because these files rely on client-side rendering, standard online converters often fail to process the dynamic scripts.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DHTML file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DHTML file to HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY, RB or PL, you can use Google Chrome or similar software from the "Interactive Web Page Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to DHTML, try Google Chrome or another comparable tool in the "Interactive Web Page Storage" category.
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 DHTML converter.