Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ZAP file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ZAP to another file type
To convert ZAP appraisal reports to another format, you need TOTAL or other Compressed software.
Convert a file to ZAP
To convert other file formats to the "Appraisal Data Archive" file type, you need software like TOTAL or a similar tool.
About ZAP files
A .ZAP file is primarily a Zipped Appraisal Report used by a la mode, Inc. software, such as TOTAL or WinTOTAL. Under the hood, it is a standard ZIP archive containing property data, XML files, and embedded photos. Other common uses for this extension include game data archives for the Frontier Developments Cobra Engine, Zero Administration Package files used by Microsoft Windows Group Policy Editor, and renamed EXE files. Users frequently encounter issues with .ZAP files because they are proprietary containers. A real estate appraisal .ZAP file requires specialized software to open, format, and render into a readable report. Furthermore, receiving a .ZAP file via email is a common IT trick to bypass attachment security filters by renaming an executable EXE file, which poses significant security risks. Converting a .ZAP file directly to a formatted PDF is difficult without the original software, as the visual layout engine is proprietary. However, because the appraisal file uses standard compression, you can often rename the extension to ZIP to manually extract the raw images and XML data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying format like a standard ZIP container, we can help you extract the embedded contents safely.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ZAP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted ZAP17, ZAP15_1, ZAP18, ZAP19, ZAP20, ZAP15, ZAP13, ZIP, ZAP16, RAR, 7ZAP, ZAPS and AP17 files.
FAQ
If you want to convert ZAP file to ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, CAB, ACE, ARJ or LHA, you can use TOTAL or similar software from the "Zipped Appraisal Report Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to ZAP, try TOTAL or another comparable tool in the "Zipped Appraisal Report Archive" category.
The ZAP 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 ZAP converter.