NTX Converter

Extract text from Index or note files (NTX)


Drop or upload your .NTX file

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 NTX Files to another format, you need CA-Clipper or other Database software.

Convert a file to NTX

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


About NTX files

The .NTX file extension primarily represents a Clipper Database Index file used by the legacy CA-Clipper database management system developed by Nantucket. These files store B-tree index structures that accelerate data retrieval from associated DBF database files. A secondary use for .NTX is as an Xactimate Note Attachment file used by Xactimate insurance estimation software. In this case, the file is actually a renamed ZIP archive containing notes. Minor uses include Navision ERP index files, encrypted text modules in theWord Bible Software, and game textures for Kingdoms of Amalur. Users face significant challenges with .NTX files because the Clipper index format is a severely outdated binary structure requiring legacy DOS-based environments. Modern systems cannot read the binary index tree directly without specialized database reconstruction tools. For Xactimate users, the proprietary file extension prevents standard text editors from viewing the internal claim notes. Converting a Clipper .NTX file usually means ignoring the index and exporting the underlying DBF data to a modern format like CSV, SQL, or XML. For Xactimate attachments, you must extract the underlying ZIP contents to access the text. Standard online converters frequently fail because they cannot parse the legacy index structure or recognize the Xactimate wrapper. Because these are often closed, proprietary formats, only the original software can properly read or export the structured data.

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.


FAQ

If you want to convert NTX file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use CA-Clipper or similar software from the "Database Index and Attachments" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to NTX, try CA-Clipper or another comparable tool in the "Database Index and Attachments" category.



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.