Extract text from wxWidgets resource files (XRC)
To convert XRC resource files to another format, you need wxWidgets or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "XML GUI Resource File" file type, you need software like wxWidgets or a similar tool.
The .XRC file format is an XML-based user interface resource file used extensively by the cross-platform GUI framework wxWidgets. Developers use these files to define window layouts, dialog boxes, menus, and application toolbars completely separate from the underlying C++ or Python source code. Opening an .XRC file typically requires a specialized layout editor like wxFormBuilder or DialogBlocks to properly visualize the graphical elements.
Users often need to convert or inspect this file when they lack a configured development environment. The main disadvantage of the .XRC format is its strict dependency on the wxWidgets rendering engine. You cannot easily preview the actual user interface because the file merely contains text descriptions of buttons and grids, not pixels. This means that standard image viewers or web browsers will completely fail to display the application screen.
The best conversion targets for an .XRC file are standard XML or plain text TXT formats for safe reading and parsing. Developers also routinely compile them into CPP (C++) code or convert them to PY (Python) using framework-specific tools. Do not expect to successfully convert this file into a JPG or PDF visual representation of the application interface.
This file format is difficult to convert visually because only the original software can properly read, interpret, and render the GUI data into a visible window. Standard online converters fail to process it. However, just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view the internal XML structure, and extract or convert the text content when possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your XRC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted XIN, CODERESOURCES and GRS files.
If you want to convert XRC file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use wxWidgets or similar software from the "GUI Layout 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 XRC, try wxWidgets or another comparable tool in the "GUI Layout Definition" category.
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 XRC converter.