Newbie layman Q: how to open and edit a BLB file

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

Pennywise
Sat Feb 17 20:15:49 CST 2007

"Anykindjob.com" <fwhero@yahoo.com> wrote:

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

http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=blb&Search=Search
Says it's a ACT! Database File
http://www.act.com/
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ctacke/>
Sat Feb 17 21:07:20 CST 2007

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@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Which software I can use to open and edit a .BLB file?
>

Anykindjob
Sat Feb 17 23:16:06 CST 2007

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...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Which software I can use to open and edit a .BLB file?
>
> http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=blb&Search=Search
> Says it's a ACT! Database Filehttp://www.act.com/
> --
> Send Me An Angelhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=QuvlbDRnOcg

Ken
Sun Feb 18 14:32:15 CST 2007

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...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Which software I can use to open and edit a .BLB file?
>>
>> http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=blb&Search=Search
>> Says it's a ACT! Database Filehttp://www.act.com/
>> --
>> Send Me An Angelhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=QuvlbDRnOcg

Lyle
Sun Feb 18 17:04:32 CST 2007

On Feb 18, 12:16 am, "Anykindjob.com" <fwh...@yahoo.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".

Pennywise
Sun Feb 18 17:22:19 CST 2007

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

>On Feb 18, 12:16 am, "Anykindjob.com" <fwh...@yahoo.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/filealyzer/index.html
among other things it shows the header of the file in question (file
type)

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ctacke/>
Sun Feb 18 17:41:18 CST 2007

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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OpenNETCF Consulting
Managed Code in the Embedded World
www.opennetcf.com
--


<Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov> wrote in message
news:qnnht2dmv4tvgcbaktru5k6ob26ga8tane@4ax.com...
> "Lyle Fairfield" <lylefairfield@aim.com> wrote:
>
>>On Feb 18, 12:16 am, "Anykindjob.com" <fwh...@yahoo.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/filealyzer/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

Larry
Sun Feb 18 19:54:04 CST 2007

"<ctacke/>" <ctacke[@]opennetcf[dot]com> wrote

> 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.

It's not about Microsoft Access, either, Chris, but we try to help when we
can. Do you suppose that's a difference between the unmanaged and managed
code worlds?

And, er, you aren't even interested in Lyle's comments about Brittney?
<CHUCKLE> I'm a little surprised Lyle's interested -- she's not a redhead,
particularly today!

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

ctacke/>
Sun Feb 18 20:11:52 CST 2007

Helping is fine, but we've definitely gone well past the point of any help
being offered. Not sure what the comment regarding managed and unmanaged is
about - I answer hundreds of questions a month covering both managed and
unmanaged.

And no, I'm actually not terribly interested in Brittney. He's got a valid
point that the extension has little to do with file content - and really the
OP asked a poor question here. Based on his choice of groups, we have no
idea if he wants an onject model for the CF to read ACT files, a desktop
library to get ACT data into Access, general opening it in XP or what. We
also don't know it's really ACT. The only real answer we can give at this
point is that he can use a file stream of some sort to open and read the
data. That is true is all cases. Interpreting that data is going to vary
depending on his intended use.


--
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OpenNETCF Consulting
Managed Code in the Embedded World
www.opennetcf.com
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"Larry Linson" <bouncer@localhost.not> wrote in message
news:0r7Ch.2897$Cr1.2235@trnddc08...
> "<ctacke/>" <ctacke[@]opennetcf[dot]com> wrote
>
> > 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.
>
> It's not about Microsoft Access, either, Chris, but we try to help when we
> can. Do you suppose that's a difference between the unmanaged and managed
> code worlds?
>
> And, er, you aren't even interested in Lyle's comments about Brittney?
> <CHUCKLE> I'm a little surprised Lyle's interested -- she's not a redhead,
> particularly today!
>
> Larry Linson
> Microsoft Access MVP
>
>
>