Extract text from DSW files
To convert your DSW file to another format, you need Agilent Cary WinUV or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Scientific Data File" file type, you need software like Agilent Cary WinUV or a similar tool.
The .DSW file extension primarily represents spectral data generated by Varian (now Agilent) UV-Vis spectrophotometers. These binary files store critical absorbance, transmittance, and reflectance measurements derived from chemical analysis. The main challenge with .DSW files is their strict dependency on the proprietary Cary WinUV software suite; without this expensive instrument-specific application, the data is inaccessible to standard analytical tools like Excel or MATLAB. Researchers often need to convert these files to CSV or TXT for data processing, or to PDF for inclusion in lab reports.
A secondary, legacy use of the format (approx. 6%) is as a Microsoft Developer Studio Workspace. Used famously in Visual C++ 6.0, these plain-text files organize multiple projects within a single development environment. While readable in a text editor, they are obsolete in modern development pipelines. Developers typically convert these legacy workspaces to modern SLN (Solution) files using the upgrade wizard in newer versions of Visual Studio, or archive them as text for historical code analysis.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DSW file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted DWG, BSW, SDSW, DSP, ARW, CSV, DSV, SAV, ZIP, SPA, TXT, PDF and DTA files.
If you want to convert DSW file to SLN, CSV, INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML or ENV, you can use Agilent Cary WinUV or similar software from the "Spectroscopy Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to DSW, try Agilent Cary WinUV or another comparable tool in the "Spectroscopy Data 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 DSW converter.