Extract text from HTX files
To convert your HTX file to another format, you need Valkyria Chronicles or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Texture Archive" file type, you need software like Valkyria Chronicles or a similar tool.
The .HTX extension represents a collision between two very different worlds: high-performance gaming and legacy enterprise workflows. Most commonly, an .HTX file is a proprietary Game Texture Archive used by the Sega CANVAS engine (notably in games like Valkyria Chronicles). These files are technically containers - often referred to as HTEX - that wrap standard texture data (like DDS) inside a custom header. This proprietary shell prevents standard image editors like Adobe Photoshop or GIMP from recognizing the file, forcing modders to use hex editors or specialized extraction tools to strip the header before editing.
Alternatively, an .HTX file may be an Approval Document generated by HandySoft (now BizFlow) workflow software. These files contain business process data and electronic signatures. The main challenge here is legacy lock-in: without the original, often expensive or discontinued enterprise environment, these records are inaccessible black boxes.
For game textures, the best workflow is converting the .HTX container to DDS (DirectDraw Surface) for engine compatibility or PNG for visual editing. For HandySoft documents, the only practical archiving solution is conversion to PDF/A, ensuring the content remains readable without the original server software. A third, rarer use case involves legacy HTML extensions for Microsoft FrontPage; these are simply text files that can be renamed to HTML or converted to TXT for code inspection.
Convert.Guru analyzes your HTX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted HHTX, HTML, PDF, TM2, T3X and TX8 files.
If you want to convert HTX file to HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY, RB or PL, you can use Valkyria Chronicles or similar software from the "Game Texture Container" 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 HTX, try Valkyria Chronicles or another comparable tool in the "Game Texture Container" category.
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 HTX converter.