Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ROX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ROX to another file type
To convert ROX Files to another format, you need Crystal Reports or other Data software.
Convert a file to ROX
To convert other file formats to the "Report Object File" file type, you need software like Crystal Reports or a similar tool.
About ROX files
The .ROX file extension is a highly fragmented format primarily used as an Actuate e.Report object file, a Crystal Reports document, or an R-Works design template for laser marking. Depending on its origin, it stores either compiled enterprise reporting data or vector design templates for specific hardware. You generally need enterprise-grade software like SAP Crystal Reports, legacy Actuate report viewers, or Roland DG design tools to natively open these files. The core disadvantage of the .ROX format is its severe vendor lock-in. The Actuate and Crystal Reports variants rely on the proprietary Microsoft Compound binary structure, making them heavy, inaccessible to web browsers, and impossible to open without expensive enterprise software licenses. The R-Works and Ivanti variants are built on standard XML, but their schemas are highly specific and often useless outside their native ecosystems. Users typically need to convert these files to universally readable formats. For reporting files, converting to PDF or XLSX is ideal for sharing data safely. For design templates, exporting to SVG or DXF preserves vector paths for other CAD or illustration software. Note that dynamic database links and proprietary formatting macros will almost certainly be lost during conversion. Because a .ROX file could belong to one of several completely different software ecosystems, standard converters usually fail to process it. These tools cannot guess whether the file is a compiled binary report or a flat XML schema. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. Our platform analyzes the internal file signature to determine the exact type of .ROX file you have, extracting embedded text or underlying data whenever supported.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ROX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert ROX file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Crystal Reports or similar software from the "Report & Template Design Storage" 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 ROX, try Crystal Reports or another comparable tool in the "Report & Template Design Storage" category.
The ROX 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 ROX converter.