SLL Converter

Extract text from LIMS libraries or layouts (SLL)

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How to extract text from your SLL file

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

Convert SLL to another file type

To convert SLL LIMS files to another format, you need SampleManager LIMS or other Developer software.

Convert a file to SLL

To convert other file formats to the "Code Library" file type, you need software like SampleManager LIMS or a similar tool.

About SLL files

The .SLL file extension serves two distinct, incompatible purposes. It most commonly functions as a LIMS Application Code Library used within SampleManager LIMS by Thermo Fisher Scientific. These files are compiled Visual Smalltalk binaries containing essential code modules for laboratory information systems. They are locked binaries - you cannot edit them in a text editor or open them without the specific enterprise environment, often leading to frustration when trying to inspect or migrate data.

Alternatively, an .SLL file may be a Smart Label Layout created by Seiko Smart Label Software (associated with Seiko Instruments). These files store label designs (text, barcodes, graphics) for proprietary thermal printers. The friction here is hardware dependency: if you no longer have the specific Smart Label Printer or the legacy drivers for modern Windows/macOS, the file is effectively inaccessible.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Smart Labels: Convert to PDF or JPG to print the design on standard office printers or archive the layout visually.
For LIMS Libraries: Convert to TXT (Hex Dump) to inspect the binary header or metadata, though full decompilation is generally restricted by the proprietary format.

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

Users also converted SII, TXT, CMG, HXF and BWS files.

FAQ

If you want to convert SLL file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use SampleManager LIMS or similar software from the "LIMS Application Code Library" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to SLL, try SampleManager LIMS or another comparable tool in the "LIMS Application Code Library" category.

The SLL 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 SLL converter.