Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FACES file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert FACES to another file type
To convert FACES web files to another format, you need Jakarta Faces or other Web software.
Convert a file to FACES
To convert other file formats to the "Server-Generated Document" file type, you need software like Jakarta Faces or a similar tool.
About FACES files
A .FACES file is a dynamically generated web document created by servers running the Jakarta Faces (formerly JavaServer Faces) web framework. It is typically a routing extension rather than a standard file format. Users encounter this file when a web server is misconfigured. Instead of delivering a standard file download, the server sends the file with the raw .FACES extension. This is a major disadvantage because operating systems like Windows and macOS do not know what application to use to open it. Standard online converters fail to process it because they rely on the file extension rather than inspecting the internal data. In reality, over 55% of .FACES files are actually standard PDF documents. Another 15% are HTML web pages, and others are XML data or ZIP archives. Because this is essentially a misnamed file, direct conversion is often unnecessary. You need to identify the true underlying format.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FACES file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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FAQ
If you want to convert FACES file to HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY, RB or PL, you can use Jakarta Faces or similar software from the "Dynamically Generated Web File" 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 FACES, try Jakarta Faces or another comparable tool in the "Dynamically Generated Web File" category.
The FACES 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 FACES converter.