Extract text from FMT files
To convert your FMT file to another format, you need BarTender or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Configuration File" file type, you need software like BarTender or a similar tool.
The .fmt extension is a generic container used by dozens of unrelated software applications, making it one of the most ambiguous file types users encounter. Its most common modern use is as a Label Design File created by BarTender or NiceLabel, storing layout information for barcodes, text, and RFID tags. In enterprise environments, .fmt frequently appears as a SQL Server Bulk Copy Format File, used by Microsoft SQL Server to map data fields when importing large datasets. Legacy systems also use it for dBASE or FoxPro screen formats, and educational institutions use it for OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) definitions.
The primary disadvantage of receiving a .fmt file is identifying which software created it. A BarTender .fmt file is binary and proprietary; it requires the original paid software (often costing hundreds of dollars) just to view or print the label. Conversely, a SQL .fmt file is plain text but useless without the accompanying data file. Users often face "file association" errors because their operating system does not know which of the 50+ possible programs to launch.
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Convert.Guru analyzes your FMT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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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 FMT converter.