File Extension SNP

File type: Access Report Snapshot

About the SNP file type:

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

The SNP file extension is proprietarily used by the Microsoft Access for storing Report Snapshots into a single file. The SNP files are accessible and printable through the Microsoft Snapshot Viewer. This application may be downloaded for free the Microsoft. It runs only on Windows. The application allows the report outputs to be exported and accessed on Windows computers without the Microsoft Access installed.


Detailed information for file extension SNP

Category: Page Layout Files
File format: Propriety
Open with Windows: Microsoft Snapshot Viewer (SnpVw.exe), Microsoft Access
Open with Linux: N/A
The files with the SNP file extension are based on the CFBF or Compound File Binary Format of Microsoft. This file format is also the bases for the AAF or the Advanced Authoring Format. The CFBF format is a container format capable of storing multiple directories, files, etc. Microsoft Access uses the CFBF format for SNP files for storing each page as a separate EMF or Enhanced Metafile-like format that contains all the graphic commands necessary to reproduce the page. Because the files saved in CFBF format are not compressed, the CAB format is utilized for the size reduction of the CFBF files. This results in a more compact file format.