NTX Converter

Extract text from NTX files


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

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

Convert NTX to another file type

To convert your NTX file to another format, you need CA-Clipper or other Database software.

  • NTX to TMP
  • NTX to TEMP
  • NTX to CACHE
  • NTX to LOG
  • NTX to BAK
  • NTX to OLD
  • NTX to NEW
  • NTX to PART
  • NTX to DOWNLOAD
  • NTX to CRDOWNLOAD
  • NTX to LOCK
  • NTX to PID

Convert a file to NTX

To convert other file formats to the "Index File" file type, you need software like CA-Clipper or a similar tool.

  • DEVICE to NTX
  • CACHE to NTX
  • SOCK to NTX
  • SYMLINK to NTX
  • PID to NTX
  • MOUNT to NTX
  • FIFO to NTX
  • LOG to NTX
  • PIPE to NTX
  • TMP to NTX
  • JUNCTION to NTX
  • TEMP to NTX

About NTX files

The .NTX file extension primarily identifies a database index created by CA-Clipper (originally developed by Nantucket Corporation). These files function as the structural backbone for sorting and organizing data stored in DBF (dBase) files.

The Problem: A standalone .NTX file contains no readable records - only binary pointers and B-tree structures used to speed up queries. Without the corresponding DBF file, an NTX index is effectively useless. Furthermore, because Clipper is a legacy DOS-based environment, modern operating systems and standard spreadsheet tools like Microsoft Excel cannot natively interpret these binary indexes.

Secondary Use Case: In the insurance and construction sectors, .NTX files are generated by Xactimate. Here, the file is simply a compressed ZIP archive containing notes or photos attached to an estimate.

The Solution:

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

Users also converted DBF, TXT, TWM, BBLX and YLT files.



The NTX 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 NTX converter.