Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VCX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert VCX to another file type
To convert VCX Class libraries to another format, you need Microsoft Visual FoxPro or other Developer software.
Convert a file to VCX
To convert other file formats to the "Object Class Definition" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual FoxPro or a similar tool.
About VCX files
A .VCX file is primarily a legacy Visual Class Library created by Microsoft Visual FoxPro. It stores definitions for custom objects, forms, and controls used by developers to build desktop database applications. The biggest disadvantage of the .VCX format is its severe obsolescence. Microsoft discontinued Visual FoxPro in 2007, making these files effectively dead technology. To complicate matters, a .VCX file does not contain all the object data; it acts as a structured database table (specifically, a DBF format in disguise) that points to a mandatory companion VCT (Visual Class Text) file containing the actual code and memo fields. Without the .VCT, the .VCX is practically useless. The .VCX extension is also used for vehicle coding data exchange in Mercedes-Benz DTS Monaco (formatted as plain XML) and satellite receiver firmware updates for ALI Corp chipsets (formatted as standard ZIP archives). Converting a Visual FoxPro .VCX usually means extracting its code to migrate to modern frameworks like C# or Python. Because of the split-file architecture and proprietary binary structure, standard online converters fail completely. You cannot simply convert it to a modern format without losing complex object relationships. This file format is difficult to open or convert because only the original software can properly read or export the structured data. However, convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format - such as the XML in DTS Monaco files or the ZIP structure in ALI Corp firmware - viewing or conversion may still be possible. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VCX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert VCX file to ISO, IMG, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD, QCOW, QCOW2, RAW, VBOX or OVA, you can use Microsoft Visual FoxPro or similar software from the "Visual Class Library Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert VFD, DMG, OVA, IMA, VBOX, ADF, PVS, VHD, OVF, ISO, DSK or IMG files to VCX, try Microsoft Visual FoxPro or another comparable tool in the "Visual Class Library Storage" category.
The VCX 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 VCX converter.