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Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone could help me figure out how to view some DAT files. The files are of images, is there any program I can use to view these? Also, some text files with the same extension? If you need more info, ask away. PLEASE HELP!!!
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The .dat extension, generally, is short for "data". And it's totally up to the designer and the programmer who designed and wrote the program that wrote the file to determine what exactly is in it.
Ask them.
Kees
i know what is in the file, i just need a program to view it. suggestions?
you might try this.
http://www.irfanview.com/
It will display many types of image files but no all. Otherwise, look up freeware image viewers and try your luck. Now it's also possible that an image viewer that might work will hesitate when seeing that file extension as not valid for such that it knows. In that case, you try renaming the file with a known image type and see how the viewer responds. It will give an error if it can't display the file. I think you've got a crap shoot ahead of you here.
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