BLA file format description

Many people share .bla files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .bla file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .bla files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.bla - Blaise Datamodel

The BLA data files are related to Blaise. BLA file is a Blaise Datamodel. Blaise is a flexible and powerful computer-assisted interviewing (CAI) system and survey processing tool for the Windows operating system.

Application:

Blaise

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Blaise Datamodel related extensions:

.bdb: Blaise Database
.bdm: Blaise Data Model
.bdv: Blaise Dataview File
.bfi: Blaise Database BFI Data
.bis: Blaise Interview Specification
.bjk: Blaise Database BJK Data

Naturally, other applications may also use the .bla file extension. Even harmful programs can create .bla files. Be especially cautious with .bla files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .bla file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.bla

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .bla file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

ba, bal, bia, bka, bl, blw, blx, blz, bma, boa, bpa, fla, gla, hla, la

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.bl: Binary Linework TIFF Image
.vla: Digistar II VLA Geometry File
.blw: ArcGIS BIL World File
.ba: Scifer External Header Archive
.bma: BMA Archiver Compressed Archive
.ba: BSC Intermediate Object

Operating systems

DataTypes.net currently supports the following operating systems:

Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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