Extract text from Automation scripts (Q)
To convert Q Scripts to another format, you need UPPAAL or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Macro Script or Query File" file type, you need software like UPPAAL or a similar tool.
The .q file extension is heavily fragmented and utilized by several completely unrelated software environments. Primarily, it functions as an automation macro script file used by tools like Quick Macros and Pulover's Macro Creator to record and execute automated mouse and keyboard sequences. Alternatively, it serves as a model verification query file for the UPPAAL model checker, a Bill of Quantities file for Buildsoft Cubit (which stores data internally as a standard ZIP archive), or a survey analysis project file for Q Research Software (structured as XML).
Because the .q extension is hijacked by so many specialized, proprietary applications, it is incredibly difficult to manage. Most of these files are not supported by web browsers, and many require paid licenses, specific operating systems, or heavy computational software (like Plot3D or Q-Chem for CFD simulation data) to open. Macro scripts will only execute within their native environment, locking you into specific platforms.
When attempting to convert a .q file, your target format depends entirely on the file's origin. Text-based macro scripts and UPPAAL queries are best converted to TXT to preserve code readability. Buildsoft Cubit files can often be converted directly to ZIP to extract the underlying assets. Survey projects can be saved as XML or CSV for data manipulation.
Standard online converters fail constantly with .q files because the format lacks a universal standard; an audio converter cannot read a 3D simulation file, and a document converter cannot read an IBM MQ message queue data file. Because of this, only the original software can properly read or export the complex data. Our analyzer reads the internal byte structure to detect if your .q file contains plain text, an embedded standard PDF, or a ZIP structure, bypassing the need for specialized software just to see what is inside.
Convert.Guru analyzes your Q file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted RAR, JS, AU3, CMD and L files.
If you want to convert Q file to L, ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, CAB, ACE or ARJ, you can use UPPAAL or similar software from the "Automation and Query Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to Q, try UPPAAL or another comparable tool in the "Automation and Query Storage" 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 Q converter.