since 2000
Opening an APL File
The APL file type is primarily associated with SAP Crystal Reports.
What is an APL file?
APL files mostly belong to SAP Crystal Reports. SAP Business One Layout File: This APL file is a zipped archive that holds JSON layout design data. It stores report settings and design configurations used with SAP Crystal Reports. For more details, visit SAP Crystal Reports. Windows Executable: Other APL files work as a Windows program. They function as an interpreter for the APL language and are associated with APL*PlusWin by ACDSee. More information is available at ACDSee.
FilExt.com note: Knowing the file type is key. Use a ZIP tool or appropriate software to view its contents safely.
How can I open an APL file?
You need a suitable software like SAP Crystal Reports to open an APL file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your APL file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a APL file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.
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Programs that open and convert APL files:
- SAP Crystal Reports
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. APL files are often referred to as SAP Crystal Reports page layouts because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
- ACDSee (Plug-in) by ACD SystemsACDSee is a shareware image organizer and viewer software for MS Windows developed by ACD Systems. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 4D 5A 90 00 03 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00 B8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00, ASCII: MZ ÿÿ ¸ @ .
- APL
- ArcPad
- Gupta Team Developer
- Monkey's Audio (Image Link File) by Matthew T. AshlandMonkey’s Audio is a way to compress digital music. Unlike traditional methods that permanently discard quality to save space, Monkey’s Audio only makes perfect, bit-for-bit copies of your music. This file is a pointer to an .APE file. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 5B 4D 6F 6E 6B 65 79 27 73 20 41 75 64 69 6F 20 49 6D 61 67 65 20 4C 69 6E 6B 20 46 69 6C 65 5D, ASCII: [Monkey's Audio Image Link File]. This file format is classified as Audio.
Technical Data for APL File Extension
File classification:
Page Layout
Identifier:
Hex: 4D 5A 90 00 03 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00 B8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00, ASCII: MZ ÿÿ ¸ @ (provided by TrID database)
Mime type:
The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and file extension information submitted by users.
ProgramID: ACD.PlugIn, FileType: ACD Plug-in
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn, AppName: Adobe Photoshop
EXEFile: Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn, AppName: Adobe Photoshop
EXEFile: Photoshp.exe
EXEFile: Photoshp.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn, AppName: Adobe Photoshop CS
EXEFile: Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn, AppName: Adobe Photoshop Elements
EXEFile: photoshopelements.exe
EXEFile: photoshopelements.exe
ProgramID: Hackman.APLEditor
EXEFile: notepad.exe %1
EXEFile: notepad.exe %1
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 5.5\Photoshp.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 5.5\Photoshp.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0.1 CE\Photoshp.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0.1 CE\Photoshp.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0\Photoshp.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0\Photoshp.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 2\Photoshopelements.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 2\Photoshopelements.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 3.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 3.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\PhotoshopElements.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\PhotoshopElements.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop Elements 2\Photoshopelements.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop Elements 2\Photoshopelements.exe
ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp\Winamp.exe %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp\Winamp.exe %1
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\adobe\photoshop cs\photoshop.exe does not exist.
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\adobe\photoshop cs\photoshop.exe does not exist.
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop7\Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop7\Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp5.08\Winamp.exe %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp5.08\Winamp.exe %1
ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp5\Winamp.exe %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp5\Winamp.exe %1
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: MediaMonkey.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MediaMonkey\MediaMonkey.exe %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MediaMonkey\MediaMonkey.exe %1
ProgramID: MediaMonkey.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MEDIAM~1\MEDIAM~2.EXE %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MEDIAM~1\MEDIAM~2.EXE %1
ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JetAudio\JetAudio.exe %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JetAudio\JetAudio.exe %1
ProgramID: foobar2000.apl
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%r\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%r\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 4.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 4.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 5.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 5.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe
ProgramID: mplayerc.apl
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Ringz Studio\Storm Codec\mplayerc.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Ringz Studio\Storm Codec\mplayerc.exe
ProgramID: CtraxPlayer.2.File
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\system32\CtrxPl.exe /Play
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\system32\CtrxPl.exe /Play
ProgramID: CSProApplication.Document
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\CSPro 3.1\CSPRO.EXE
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\CSPro 3.1\CSPRO.EXE
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\ImageReady.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\ImageReady.exe
ProgramID: MediaJukebox.File
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\system32\mjextman.exe /Play
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\system32\mjextman.exe /Play
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop\Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop\Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: MediaMonkey.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MEDIAM~1\MEDIAM~1.EXE
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MEDIAM~1\MEDIAM~1.EXE
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\PhootoshopCS\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Photoshop.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\PhootoshopCS\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Photoshop.exe
ProgramID: MediaMonkey.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MediaMonkey\MediaMonkey (non-skinned).exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MediaMonkey\MediaMonkey (non-skinned).exe
ProgramID: FantasyDVD Multimedia File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Combined Community Codec Pack\MPC\mplayerc.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Combined Community Codec Pack\MPC\mplayerc.exe
ProgramID: MediaMonkey.APLFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MediaMonkey\MediaMonkey.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MediaMonkey\MediaMonkey.exe
ProgramID: MediaMonkey.APLFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MEDIAM~1\MEDIAM~2.EXE
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MEDIAM~1\MEDIAM~2.EXE
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop Elements\Photoshopelements.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop Elements\Photoshopelements.exe
ProgramID: Photoshop.AdobePlugIn
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 6.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 6.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe
an apl layout design archive is a special file format and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.
How to solve problems with APL files
- Associate the APL file extension with the correct application.
- Update your software that should actually open layout design archives. Because only the current version supports the latest APL file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the manufacturer website after an available SAP Crystal Reports update.
- To make sure that your APL file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
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