All about PDX Files

The PDX file type is primarily associated with Acrobat.

PDX	File extension: PDX
	File type:	index file

What is a PDX file?

PDX files mostly belong to Acrobat by Adobe. PDX is an indexing file created and used by Acrobat Pro. It's used to reduce the time required to search a large PDF file by creating an index of the words inside the document because the software can search the index much faster than the document itself. Indexes can be used in two ways: embedded in the PDF itself, or as a separate file accompanying the main files (usually for a collection).

Collection: When defining a specific group of PDF files as a catalog, it is possible to create a unified index for that entire collection of documents. This index would be saved in the form of a PDX file and would be included in the collection. It would also come with a support folder that contains one or more IDX files.
Compatibility: Embedding indexes inside their respective PDF files has been deprecated with the December 2012 releases of Acrobat, so only creating an index as a separate file is still used. Additionally, index files cannot be used online when making a collection public - only locally.

How can I open a PDX file?

You need a suitable software like Acrobat to open a PDX 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 PDX file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a PDX 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 PDX files:

Acrobat by Adobe
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. PDX files are often referred to as Acrobat data files because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
Agile eXpress by Oracle
Agile eXpress was a program developed by Oracle for viewing PDX files. The program has been discontinued and is no longer available for download from Oracle. Little information about this program can be found. Related links: Old Download Page, Community post
Draw (image file) by Mayura
Mayura Draw is a vector image editing software. The program allows users to create and edit high resolution images using geometric features that can be easily modified. The program stores images as PDX files. This file format is classified as Vector Image. Related links: XnView, Help
PageMaker by Adobe
Adobe PageMaker was a program designed to manage page layouts. The program has since been discontinued in favour of other Adobe products, such as InDesign. Related links: Wikipedia, Support
Paradox by Corel
Corel Paradox was a relational database management program. The program has since been discontinued in favour of WordPerfect Office. Related links: Wikipedia, WordPerfect
PDXplorer (product data exchange information file) by Active Sensing
PDXplorer reads, creates, and edits data files conforming to the IPC standards for product data exchange (PDX). A single PDX package consists of one product data XML file, plus zero or more CAD or other attachments, all compressed together. This file format is classified as Data. Related links: User Guide, Technical Data
ProCite (database file) by Personal Bibliographic Software
ProCite was a reference management software, which has since been discontinued. EndNote is an alternative to ProCite and supports converting ProCite databases. ProCite used PDX files to store databases. This file format is classified as Database. Related links: Wikipedia, Introduction, Convert to EndNote

PDX file format:

If you know the file format, you can also find out how to open or edit the file. The file format can be determined based on the file extension and the signature (the first few characters of a file). Frequently, however, one file extension is used by different programs for different file formats, and one file format for different file extensions. Knowledge is power - this also applies when dealing with unknown or faulty files. Below you will find our evaluation of the PDX files:

PDX is a very commonly used file extension and is mainly used by one program with a specific format. The following file formats are most commonly found in PDX files:

75% of all PDX files use the ZIP algorithm, i.e. a PDX file contains several compressed files. The 1 to 70 compressed files are called pdx.xml. You can see the included files and images by renaming the file extension to .zip and then double-clicking it. The average file size is 720 KB with most files being between 9 KB and 25 MB in size. The keywords pdx.xml are typical for these files. Files like these are sometimes connected to agile, fire, item, items, dummy, aaaa, validation, component, found, assy, base and dast.
15% of all PDX files belong to Adobe Portable Document Catalog Index 2. These files are text files and can therefore be read using a text editor. A typical file size is 450 bytes. The following keywords are characteristic: Created, 1 0 obj, %PDX-3.2, LastUpdated, NumDocs, Folders 2 0 R, NumDummyWords 0, Title, NumAttachments 0, StemmingLocale and Options 3 0 R. A common filename is Index.pdx. Such files are related to search, manual, vcgri, workshop, collection and master.

All the rest of the PDX files (10%) have different formats. These files sometimes refer to etiquette, catalog, circle, sgpdx, tcmdl, etas or pcba. Drag & drop your file here to see the file format and a preview of your PDX file!

Technical Data for PDX File Extension

File classification:

Data

Related files:

mpdx, odx-d, prdx, xml, odx, idx, pdf, pdvx, zip, bpdx, pfx, pxd, downtown-pdx, odx-f, pmdx, ptx, dxf, gpx, fdx, h3d, dxr, fdf, lst

Related links:

Wikipedia, Whitepapers

Mime type:

application/octet-stream, text/plain

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: GraphicsConverterPro.pdx, FileType: Mayura Draw, AppName: GraphicsConverter-reg
EXEFile: GraphicsConverter.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType, FileType: Acrobat Catalog Index, AppName: Acrobat Catalog Index

ProgramID: PDXFileType, FileType: Acrobat Catalog Index, AppName: Adobe Acrobat 5.0
EXEFile: Acrobat.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType, FileType: Acrobat Catalog Index, AppName: Adobe Reader 6.0
EXEFile: AcroRd32.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType, FileType: Adobe Acrobat Catalog Index, AppName: Adobe Acrobat 6.0
EXEFile: Acrobat.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType, FileType: IDS_CATALOG_INDEX, AppName: Acrobat Reader 5.0
EXEFile: AcroRd32.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType, FileType: IDS_CATALOG_INDEX, AppName: Acrobat Reader 5.1
EXEFile: AcroRd32.exe

ProgramID: BPDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe %1

ProgramID: BPDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Acrobat 5.0\Acrobat\acrobat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Acrobat 6.0.2 CE\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Acrobat\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\Catalog\acrocat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0 CE\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Acrobat\acrobat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0 CE\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\installed programs\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Curricular\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXplorer
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Active Sensing\PDXplorer\PDXplorer.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0.1\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: d:\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: C:\AddOn\AcrobatReader\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: D:\DOWNLOADS\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat Reader 5\Reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%r\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0 ME\Catalog\acrocat.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat_FR\reader\AcroRd32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%r\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\acrord32.exe %1

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 5.1\Reader\acrord32.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Acrobat Reader\Reader\AcroRd32.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0 ME\Reader\AcroRd32.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0 CE\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0 ME\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe

ProgramID: PDXFileType
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe

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a pdx index file is a special file format by Adobe and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.

How to solve problems with PDX files

Associate the PDX file extension with the correct application.
Update your software that should actually open index files. Because only the current version supports the latest PDX file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the Adobe manufacturer website after an available Acrobat update.
To make sure that your PDX file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
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