HXX Converter

Extract text from C++ header files (HXX)


Drop or upload your .HXX file
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How to extract text from your HXX file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your HXX file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert HXX to another file type

To convert HXX header files to another format, you need Visual Studio Code or other Developer software.

Convert a file to HXX

To convert other file formats to the "Source Code Header File" file type, you need software like Visual Studio Code or a similar tool.


About HXX files

The .HXX file extension generally serves two distinct purposes. Primarily, it is a C++ Source Code Header File used in the C++ programming language. It stores declarations for classes, functions, and variables that are shared across multiple source files. Alternatively, it is used as a 3D labware definition file by Hamilton Robotics for their automated liquid handling systems. For C++ development, you can open and edit .HXX files using standard text editors or IDEs like Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, or Notepad++. Developers often need to convert or rename .HXX files to the more common .H or .HPP formats to align with strict compiler requirements, team conventions, or modern IDE parsing rules. Conversely, the Hamilton Robotics variant is a closed, proprietary format. Standard online converters fail to process it because it contains highly specific spatial and mechanical data required by the hardware. Usually, only the original software can properly read or export this data. If you are struggling to open an unknown .HXX file, just drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the format, view its internal text, and convert it when possible. Whether it is plain text code or an embedded format, we can inspect it and help you extract the data you need.

Convert.Guru analyzes your HXX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert HXX file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use Visual Studio Code or similar software from the "Source Code Header or Labware" 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 HXX, try Visual Studio Code or another comparable tool in the "Source Code Header or Labware" category.



The HXX 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 HXX converter.