How to extract text from your GUI file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your GUI file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert GUI to another file type
To convert your GUI file to another format, you need Paradox Interactive Games or other Developer software.
- GUI to EXE
- GUI to JS
- GUI to TS
- GUI to PY
- GUI to JAVA
- GUI to CPP
- GUI to C
- GUI to CS
- GUI to PHP
- GUI to RB
- GUI to GO
- GUI to RS
Convert a file to GUI
To convert other file formats to the "Game Configuration" file type, you need software like Paradox Interactive Games or a similar tool.
- SH to GUI
- PY to GUI
- KT to GUI
- PS1 to GUI
- SWIFT to GUI
- LUA to GUI
- PL to GUI
- JAVA to GUI
- SCALA to GUI
- JS to GUI
- VBS to GUI
- TS to GUI
About GUI files
The .GUI file extension primarily identifies Game User Interface scripts used by titles running on the Clausewitz Engine, such as Hearts of Iron IV and Stellaris by Paradox Interactive. These files are plain text or structured code that define the layout, buttons, and visual elements of the game's interface. Because they are code-based instructions rather than raster images, you cannot simply convert them to JPG or PNG to see the interface; they require the game engine to render the visuals. Modders often need to edit these files to customize the HUD, which can be difficult without syntax highlighting. A secondary but significant use is as a project file for Dr.Explain, a help authoring tool. In this context, the file contains the structure for software documentation. Users often struggle to open these files because they lack the specific proprietary software or try to open them as standard images. To view or edit game scripts, the best solution is to open them as TXT or convert the extension to text for use in code editors like VS Code. For Dr.Explain projects, the goal is typically to export (convert) the content into accessible formats like PDF, CHM, or HTML for distribution.
Convert.Guru analyzes your GUI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted GFX, TS, ZIP, PY, TXT, PNG, EXE, CR, KFP and ANOM files.
The GUI 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 GUI converter.