QR2 Converter

Extract text from QR2 files

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Drop or upload your .QR2 file

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How to extract text from your QR2 file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your QR2 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert QR2 to another file type

To convert your QR2 file to another format, you need QuickReport or other Page Layout software.

Convert a file to QR2

To convert other file formats to the "Report Template" file type, you need software like QuickReport or a similar tool.

About QR2 files

A .QR2 file is a report definition or saved document associated with QuickReport, a legacy reporting tool widely used in the Embarcadero Delphi and C++Builder development environments.

These files serve as the blueprint for generating business reports, invoices, or data summaries within custom-built Windows applications. The file typically contains the layout instructions - headers, footers, bands, and database connections - required to render data onto a page. A significant issue for users is the proprietary lock-in: .QR2 files cannot be opened by standard office suites like Microsoft Word or viewed in a web browser. They rely entirely on the QuickReport runtime engine, meaning you often need the specific legacy application that created them just to view the content. Furthermore, because QuickReport has gone through many versions (developed by QBS Software), older .QR2 files may be incompatible with newer viewer utilities, leading to frustration when trying to retrieve historical business data.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Archiving & Sharing: Convert to PDF. This is the industry standard for freezing the report's layout, fonts, and data for long-term storage or emailing.
For Data Analysis: Convert to XLSX or CSV. If you need to manipulate the numbers (e.g., financial totals) contained within the report, extracting the raw text data is preferable to a visual conversion.
For Quick Viewing: Convert to JPG or PNG. Useful if you need to embed a snapshot of the report into a web page or presentation without requiring a PDF reader.

Convert.Guru analyzes your QR2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted QRP, QRD and LL files.

FAQ

If you want to convert QR2 file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use QuickReport or similar software from the "QuickReport Definition File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to QR2, try QuickReport or another comparable tool in the "QuickReport Definition File" category.

The QR2 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 QR2 converter.