Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DIL file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DIL to another file type
To convert DIL Library files to another format, you need CorelDRAW or other Plugin software.
Convert a file to DIL
To convert other file formats to the "Dynamic Link Library" file type, you need software like CorelDRAW or a similar tool.
About DIL files
The .DIL file is an image import dynamic library, fundamentally structured as a standard Windows executable binary. These files act as modular plugins to extend the capabilities of host software, allowing applications to import specific, often proprietary, raster or vector image formats. You will typically encounter these files residing within the installation directories of CorelDRAW, Corel Photo-Paint, or ImageMagick. You can read more about the underlying architecture on the Dynamic-link library Wikipedia page. Users often attempt to open or convert these files when looking for actual image data or when trying to install a plugin manually. However, because a .DIL file contains compiled machine code rather than user document data, it cannot be traditionally viewed or edited. Opening it in a standard text editor yields unreadable gibberish, and it is strictly tied to a specific operating system architecture. You cannot natively convert a .DIL file into a .JPG or .PDF document directly. Instead, you might extract embedded resources like application icons or default bitmaps into .ICO or .PNG formats, but the core programmatic functions will be completely lost in any conversion attempt. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it is a compiled binary. Often only the original software can properly read or execute the data. Drag and drop your file to see what it is and convert it if supported. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text strings or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or extracting resources may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DIL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DIL file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use CorelDRAW or similar software from the "Image Import Plugin Library" 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 DIL, try CorelDRAW or another comparable tool in the "Image Import Plugin Library" category.
The DIL 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 DIL converter.