WDW Converter

Extract text from WDW files

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How to extract text from your WDW file

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

Convert WDW to another file type

To convert your WDW file to another format, you need WinDev or other Developer software.

Convert a file to WDW

To convert other file formats to the "GUI Source File" file type, you need software like WinDev or a similar tool.

About WDW files

The .wdw file extension is primarily associated with WinDev, a powerful Integrated Development Environment (IDE) created by PC SOFT. In this context, the file serves as a WinDev Window description - a proprietary source code file that acts as a blueprint for a specific window or dialog box within a software application. These files contain the logical layout, field definitions, button placements, and UI properties for the interface, rather than final viewable content.

Because .wdw files are development assets, they are not designed to be opened by standard document viewers or web browsers. They are strictly intended for use within the WinDev environment. Users frequently experience issues when trying to view these files without a $1,000+ developer license; you cannot simply double-click to view them.

A secondary, legacy use of the extension is for WordPerfect Drawings created by older versions of WordPerfect for DOS. These are vector graphics files.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Documentation: If you have access to WinDev, use the "Print to PDF" feature to save the window layout as a PDF for design reviews.
For Visual Reference: Take a screenshot and save it as a PNG or JPG if you just need to show the window design to a client.
For Legacy Drawings: Convert old WordPerfect .wdw files to SVG or PDF using CorelDRAW to preserve vector scalability.

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

Users also converted XDW, WDZ, WDY, WDK and DMC files.

FAQ

If you want to convert WDW file to DMC, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO or RS, you can use WinDev or similar software from the "WinDev Window Definition" 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 WDW, try WinDev or another comparable tool in the "WinDev Window Definition" category.

The WDW 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 WDW converter.