Which software I can use to open and edit a .BLB file?

"Anykindjob.com" <fwhero******.com> wrote:

>Which software I can use to open and edit a .BLB file?

http://filext.com/detaillist.php?ext...&Search=Search
Says it's a ACT! Database File
http://www.act.com/
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You've crossposted to *way* too many non-similar groups. Next time, pick a
group or two that are relevent and go that route. Compact Framework and XP
General are nowhere near similar.

For the compact framework, I have no idea what a BLB file is, so I'd say
open it with a FileStream and do what you wish.


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"Anykindjob.com" <fwhero******.com> wrote in message
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> Which software I can use to open and edit a .BLB file?
>

I tried filext before I posted here. I am still at lost. The filext
results did not seem to tell me a software to edit a .BLB file.

On Feb 17, 9:15 pm, Pennyw...@DerryMaine.Gov wrote:
> "Anykindjob.com" <fwh...******.com> wrote:
> >Which software I can use to open and edit a .BLB file?
>
> http://filext.com/detaillist.php?ext...&Search=Search
> Says it's a ACT! Database Filehttp://www.act.com/
> --
> Send Me An Angelhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=QuvlbDRnOcg

Anykindjob.com wrote:

> I tried filext before I posted here. I am still at lost. The filext
> results did not seem to tell me a software to edit a .BLB file.


It says it's an ACT! database file. You need ACT! to edit it.
http://www.act.com/

Ken


> On Feb 17, 9:15 pm, Pennyw...@DerryMaine.Gov wrote:
>> "Anykindjob.com" <fwh...******.com> wrote:
>>> Which software I can use to open and edit a .BLB file?
>>
>> http://filext.com/detaillist.php?ext...&Search=Search
>> Says it's a ACT! Database Filehttp://www.act.com/
>> --
>> Send Me An Angelhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=QuvlbDRnOcg

On Feb 18, 12:16 am, "Anykindjob.com" <fwh...******.com> wrote:
> I tried filext before I posted here. I am still at lost. The filext
> results did not seem to tell me a software to edit a .BLB file.

Anyone may and can call a file anything he/she wishes, provided the
name meets the requirements of the OS. One can change the name of
northwinds.mdb to northwinds.blb and open it in Access. One can set
the default open for ".blb" files to Access, or Notepad or whatever we
want. These associations were not set down my God on stone tablets.
They are entirely arbitrary, although there are strong conventions
that are followed in general.

We know from other posts that the ACT application uses the extension
BLB. This might be a place to start. But there are other applications
that separate their database files in data files, index files, and
blob files; the blob files are named with the ".blb" extension.
You might find some useful information by right clicking the file (in
Explorer) and examining its properties. But the only way to be sure
what might open the file is to research its history (who/what created
it) and to try various applications. Of course, many applications will
open the file. You probably want to find one that makes sense of
whatever is in the file.
Only you, who have the file can answer, "What can open it?"
I can make a png file of Brittney. I can name it Brittney.blb. The
greatest expert in the world can tell you it should open with ACT. But
he/she will be wrong. It will open with "NeedsHelp".

"Lyle Fairfield" <lylefairfield@aim.com> wrote:

>On Feb 18, 12:16 am, "Anykindjob.com" <fwh...******.com> wrote:
>> I tried filext before I posted here. I am still at lost. The filext
>> results did not seem to tell me a software to edit a .BLB file.
>
>Anyone may and can call a file anything he/she wishes, provided the
>name meets the requirements of the OS. One can change the name of
>northwinds.mdb to northwinds.blb and open it in Access. One can set
>the default open for ".blb" files to Access, or Notepad or whatever we
>want. These associations were not set down my God on stone tablets.
>They are entirely arbitrary, although there are strong conventions
>that are followed in general.
>
>We know from other posts that the ACT application uses the extension
>BLB. This might be a place to start. But there are other applications
>that separate their database files in data files, index files, and
>blob files; the blob files are named with the ".blb" extension.
>You might find some useful information by right clicking the file (in
>Explorer) and examining its properties. But the only way to be sure
>what might open the file is to research its history (who/what created
>it) and to try various applications. Of course, many applications will
>open the file. You probably want to find one that makes sense of
>whatever is in the file.
>Only you, who have the file can answer, "What can open it?"
>I can make a png file of Brittney. I can name it Brittney.blb. The
>greatest expert in the world can tell you it should open with ACT. But
>he/she will be wrong. It will open with "NeedsHelp".
>

What you say is true and FileAlyzer is a great program to find out
just what a file is
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/f...zer/index.html
among other things it shows the header of the file in question (file
type)

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=3C7E8ru-Ul0

And absolutely none of this has any relevence to the .NET Compact Framework.
Please trim this group from the To: list in future responses as we just
don't care.


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<Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov> wrote in message
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> "Lyle Fairfield" <lylefairfield@aim.com> wrote:
>
>>On Feb 18, 12:16 am, "Anykindjob.com" <fwh...******.com> wrote:
>>> I tried filext before I posted here. I am still at lost. The filext
>>> results did not seem to tell me a software to edit a .BLB file.
>>
>>Anyone may and can call a file anything he/she wishes, provided the
>>name meets the requirements of the OS. One can change the name of
>>northwinds.mdb to northwinds.blb and open it in Access. One can set
>>the default open for ".blb" files to Access, or Notepad or whatever we
>>want. These associations were not set down my God on stone tablets.
>>They are entirely arbitrary, although there are strong conventions
>>that are followed in general.
>>
>>We know from other posts that the ACT application uses the extension
>>BLB. This might be a place to start. But there are other applications
>>that separate their database files in data files, index files, and
>>blob files; the blob files are named with the ".blb" extension.
>>You might find some useful information by right clicking the file (in
>>Explorer) and examining its properties. But the only way to be sure
>>what might open the file is to research its history (who/what created
>>it) and to try various applications. Of course, many applications will
>>open the file. You probably want to find one that makes sense of
>>whatever is in the file.
>>Only you, who have the file can answer, "What can open it?"
>>I can make a png file of Brittney. I can name it Brittney.blb. The
>>greatest expert in the world can tell you it should open with ACT. But
>>he/she will be wrong. It will open with "NeedsHelp".
>>
>
> What you say is true and FileAlyzer is a great program to find out
> just what a file is
> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/f...zer/index.html
> among other things it shows the header of the file in question (file
> type)
>
> --
> Pita Ten gives it a try
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=3C7E8ru-Ul0