File Extension FMT

File type: Format file, Oracle text form format, Schedule+ print file

About the FMT file type:

If Windows cannot find the appropriate program associated with .FMT files, then your registry may have errors. Check your Windows registry for errors (includes file association errors).

Typically, the FMT file extension is used to keep format information for every field in a data file relative to a certain table. Database applications are the usual softwares using the FMT file extension as a format file. Some programs using this file extension as a format file include Cardbox, dBASE IV, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, Clipper 5, Gate3, Clipper 5, and Oracle. Database programs are used to create a file with a collection of data for easy and fast retrieval of information. However, the FMT file extension is also used by other programs for other purposes as well.


Detailed information for file extension FMT

Category: Format files, Settings files, Print files
File format: Proprietary
Open with Windows: Microsoft Visual FoxPro, Cardbox, dBASE IV, Clipper 5, Gate3, dBFast, Oracle, Pro/ENGINEER, Schedule+
Open with Linux: Microsoft Visual FoxPro, Cardbox, dBASE IV, Oracle, Pro/ENGINEER
The FMT file extension can be a form format, a print file, or a program file. The Pro/ENGINEER uses the FMT file extension as its file. This application can be used to create 3D designs and features better productivity tools and best practice of designing files. Meanwhile, Oracle also uses the file extension as its text form format. As such, it is similar to its being a format file. The FMT file extension may also function as a file intended to be sent to a printer for the printing process and creation of a hard copy. There are several print files for different applications, but the FMT file extension works specifically for Microsoft's Schedule+. This was a time-management program but was discontinued by Microsoft. It simply became a part of the Outlook 97.