Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FR3 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert FR3 to another file type
To convert FR3 reports to another format, you need FastReport Designer or other Developer software.
Convert a file to FR3
To convert other file formats to the "Report Definition File" file type, you need software like FastReport Designer or a similar tool.
About FR3 files
The .FR3 file is an XML-based report definition file used by FastReport to generate printable documents. This format stores page layouts, data bands, text objects, and scripting elements but does not typically contain the actual database records. To open or edit an .FR3 file natively, you need the FastReport Designer. Because these files are proprietary templates meant for developers, they are extremely frustrating for end-users who just want to read a final document. Attempting to open it in a standard text editor reveals complex XML code, which is difficult to parse visually and prone to corruption if edited manually. Furthermore, users often confuse .FR3 (the template) with FP3 (the populated report), leading to empty files when opened. For sharing and viewing without developer tools, you must convert the .FR3 file. For universal read-only access, convert to PDF. If you need to edit the textual layout, convert to DOCX. For extracting the underlying structural data, converting to XML or CSV is best.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FR3 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert FR3 file to PDF, FRX, INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10 or PM11, you can use FastReport Designer or similar software from the "Report Template Definition" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MDI, PUB, PDP, PM4, P65, COMIC, WEBTEMPLATE, PMD, SPUB, INDD, PM5 or QXP files to FR3, try FastReport Designer or another comparable tool in the "Report Template Definition" category.
The FR3 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 FR3 converter.