Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FRX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert FRX to another file type
To convert FRX reports to another format, you need Microsoft Visual Basic or other Developer software.
Convert a file to FRX
To convert other file formats to the "Form and Report File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual Basic or a similar tool.
About FRX files
An .FRX file serves different purposes depending on the developer ecosystem. It is primarily used as a binary form resource file in Microsoft Visual Basic, a report layout file in Visual FoxPro, or an XML-based report definition in FastReport .NET. In Visual Basic, it stores binary elements like images and icons that cannot be saved in plain text alongside the main .FRM file. In FoxPro and FastReport, it dictates how database information is formatted for printing. The main disadvantage of the .FRX format is its severe reliance on legacy and proprietary environments. Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual FoxPro are obsolete, meaning you cannot open these binary files on a modern operating system without a virtual machine or specialized legacy IDEs. They are entirely unreadable by web browsers or standard office software. Attempting to share an .FRX file with a client or colleague usually results in an unopenable file error, making collaboration impossible without conversion. To make this data usable, conversion is strictly required. For archiving or sharing fixed report layouts, convert .FRX to .PDF to ensure the design remains intact on any device. If you are migrating legacy databases or extracting structured report logic, convert to .XML or .CSV, though visual formatting will be lost in exchange for raw data access. For web use, exporting graphic assets to .PNG or .JPG is best.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FRX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert FRX file to PDF, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO or RS, you can use Microsoft Visual Basic or similar software from the "Report and Form Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to FRX, try Microsoft Visual Basic or another comparable tool in the "Report and Form Data Storage" category.
The FRX 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 FRX converter.