CDB file format description

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

2 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.cdb - Pocket Access Document

The CDB document files are related to Microsoft ActiveSync. CDB file is a Pocket Access Document. Pocket Access is a simplified, stripped down version of MS Office Access, it is a PocketPC application. ActiveSync 4.x with a Windows Mobile 5.0+ device does not support converting Access tables to Pocket Access (CDB) format.

Application:

Microsoft ActiveSync

Category:

Document files

Mime-type:

application/x-pocket-access

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Pocket Access Document related extensions:

.unix: Unix Readme Document
.n3: Notation3 Document
.utxt: Unicode Text File
.ecsv: Encapsulated Comma Separated Value File
.calx: Calendar Printing Assistant Template
.design: Microsoft Expression Design Drawing

.cdb - Sybase PowerDesigner Conceptual Data Model Backup

The CDB data files are related to SAP Sybase PowerDesigner. CDB file is a Sybase PowerDesigner Conceptual Data Model Backup. SAP Sybase PowerDesigner is a business process / data modeling software and metadata management solution for data architecture, information architecture and enterprise architecture. A conceptual data model (CDM) helps you analyze the conceptual structure of an information system, to identify the principal entities to be represented, their attributes, and the relationships between them.

Application:

SAP Sybase PowerDesigner

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Sybase PowerDesigner Conceptual Data Model Backup related extensions:

.splan: SPSS Statistics Simulation Plan
.rfv: Restricted Focus Viewer Input Data
.cvz: Card Vault Inventory Data
.spn: GSSHA Storm Pipe Network
.cma: Coach Activity File
.cmr: Coach Results File

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

Can't open a .cdb 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.cdb

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 .cdb file extension is often given incorrectly!

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

fdb, xdb, ddb, cwb, csb, cfb, cb, dcb, cxb, cvb, crb, cdv, cdg, cd, sdb

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.ddb: TINA Shape Library Database
.csb: Corel Binary Script
.xdb: Norton Antivirus Update
.fdb: Navision Financials Database
.fdb: Font Definition Block
.ddb: Device-Dependent Bitmap Graphics

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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