RAL Converter

Extract text from Inventory backups and layouts (RAL)

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Drop or upload your .RAL file

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How to extract text from your RAL file

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

Convert RAL to another file type

To convert RAL Data files to another format, you need Aplikasi Persediaan or other Data software.

Convert a file to RAL

To convert other file formats to the "Inventory Data Archive" file type, you need software like Aplikasi Persediaan or a similar tool.

About RAL files

The .ral extension serves two distinct, incompatible communities: government administrators and model railroad hobbyists.

1. Government Inventory Data (Primary Use)

Most commonly, .ral files are backup archives generated by Aplikasi Persediaan, a legacy inventory management tool used by Indonesian government agencies (SIMAK-BMN) for state asset reporting. While these files appear opaque, they are technically ZIP archives containing internal database files (often DBF or TXT). Users typically need to convert these files to Excel or PDF for auditing, but the source software is restricted to authorized personnel.

Best Conversion Target:

To Access Data: Rename the extension from .ral to zip and extract the contents. You can then open the internal files with Microsoft Excel or a text editor.

2. Model Railroad Layouts

In the hobbyist sector, .ral files are proprietary layout designs created by Railroad & Co. TrainController or WinRail. These files store complex track geometry, signaling logic, and 3D scenery data. They are binary and locked to their respective software versions, making them impossible to open in standard CAD tools like AutoCAD.

Best Conversion Target:

For Viewing/Sharing: Use the original software to export the layout plan to PDF or JPG.
For CAD Editing: Some versions allow exporting to DXF, but interactive simulation data will be lost.

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

Users also converted DTW, TRK3, DTP, RGB, CMYK, HEX and PMS files.

FAQ

If you want to convert RAL file to RGB, CMYK, HEX, PMS, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI or CFG, you can use Aplikasi Persediaan or similar software from the "Government Inventory & Train Layouts" 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 RAL, try Aplikasi Persediaan or another comparable tool in the "Government Inventory & Train Layouts" category.

The RAL 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 RAL converter.