LIB file format description
Many people share .lib files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .lib file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .lib files.
16 filename extension(s) found in our database.
- Visual C++ Import Library
- ESPL Encrypted Programming File
- TINA Library
- Maple Repository Data File
- FluidDraw Library
- Scholars Aid Library
- CIRCAD Source Library
- PSpice Library
- WAsP Wind Atlas Data
- Cadence OrCAD Library Data
- Finale Library Data
- Sage MAS 90 Library Data
- BricsCAD Library
- Sibelius House Style Library
- Game Maker Actions Library
- MODELLER Library Data
- .lib file related problems
.lib - Visual C++ Import Library
The LIB development files are related to Microsoft Visual Studio. The LIB file is a Visual C++ Import Library. This file contains information the linker needs to resolve external references to exported DLL functions.
- Application:
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Category:
- Development files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Visual C++ Import Library related extensions:
.lib - ESPL Encrypted Programming File
The LIB development files are related to Ensign. The LIB file is a ESPL Encrypted Programming File. The Ensign Software Programming Language (ESPL) is used to program user-defined studies, lines, reports, and tools using the Ensign Windows software. Encrypted ESPL files are saved with a file extension of .LIB, and cannot be loaded into the ESPL Editor.
- Application:
- Ensign
- Category:
- Development files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- ESPL Encrypted Programming File related extensions:
-
- .spt
- ESPL Programming File
.lib - TINA Library
The LIB data files are related to TINA. The LIB file is a TINA Library. TINA is a circuit simulation and PCB design software package for analyzing, designing, and real time testing of analog, digital, VHDL, MCU, and mixed electronic circuits and their PCB layouts, it is made by Designsoft.
.lib - Maple Repository Data File
The LIB data files are related to Maple. The LIB file is a Maple Repository Data File. Maple is a commercial computer algebra system developed and sold commercially by Maplesoft. The file extension .mla is used to denote a Maple repository file. In early versions of Maple, a repository was a pair of files named with .lib and .ind extensions.
- Application:
- Maple
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Maple Repository Data File related extensions:
.lib - FluidDraw Library
The LIB data files are related to FluidDraw. The LIB file is a FluidDraw Library. FluidDraw is an application for creating electro-pneumatic circuit drawings. FluidDraw Libraries are hierarchically organised collections of symbols.
- Application:
- FluidDraw
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- FluidDraw Library related extensions:
-
- .fdprj
- FluidDraw Project
.lib - Scholars Aid Library
The LIB data files are related to Scholars Aid. The LIB file is a Scholars Aid Library. Scholars Aid is an academic writing software that can be used by everyone to organize, search, and use data.
- Application:
- Scholars Aid
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Scholars Aid Library related extensions:
.lib - CIRCAD Source Library
The LIB data files are related to CIRCAD. The LIB file is a CIRCAD Source Library. CIRCAD is a powerful and easy-to-use PCB Design package.
- Application:
- CIRCAD
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- CIRCAD Source Library related extensions:
.lib - PSpice Library
The LIB data files are related to Cadence PSpice. The LIB file is a PSpice Library. PSpice is a SPICE analog circuit and digital logic simulation program for Microsoft Windows.
- Application:
- Cadence PSpice
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- xnt, xpk
- PSpice Library related extensions:
.lib - WAsP Wind Atlas Data
The LIB data files are related to WAsP. The LIB file is a WAsP Wind Atlas Data. WAsP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program) is a PC program for predicting wind climates, wind resources and power productions from wind turbines and wind farms.
- Application:
- WAsP
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- WAsP Wind Atlas Data related extensions:
.lib - Cadence OrCAD Library Data
The LIB data files are related to Cadence OrCAD PCB Designer. The LIB file is a Cadence OrCAD Library Data. Cadence OrCAD PCB Designer contains a fully integrated design flow that includes a constraint manager, design capture technology, component tools, a PCB editor, an auto/interactive router, and interfaces for manufacturing and mechanical CAD.
- Application:
- Cadence OrCAD PCB Designer
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Cadence OrCAD Library Data related extensions:
.lib - Finale Library Data
The LIB data files are related to Finale. The LIB file is a Finale Library Data. Finale is the flagship program of a series of proprietary scorewriters created by MakeMusic for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
- Application:
- Finale
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Finale Library Data related extensions:
.lib - Sage MAS 90 Library Data
The LIB data files are related to Sage MAS 90. The LIB file is a Sage MAS 90 Library Data. Sage MAS 90 is a business management application which combines core accounting and financial reporting modules with project management, manufacturing and distribution solutions.
- Application:
- Sage MAS 90
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Sage MAS 90 Library Data related extensions:
.lib - BricsCAD Library
The LIB data files are related to BricsCAD. The LIB file is a BricsCAD Library. BricsCAD is a computer-aided design (CAD) application developed by Bricsys.
- Application:
- BricsCAD
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- BricsCAD Library related extensions:
.lib - Sibelius House Style Library
The LIB data files are related to Sibelius. The LIB file is a Sibelius House Style Library. Sibelius is the complete software for writing, playing, printing and publishing music notation.
- Application:
- Sibelius
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Sibelius House Style Library related extensions:
.lib - Game Maker Actions Library
The LIB development files are related to GameMaker:Studio. The LIB file is a Game Maker Actions Library. Game Maker is a game development software application written by Mark Overmars in the Delphi programming language. Overmars released it in 2000.
- Application:
- GameMaker:Studio
- Category:
- Development files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Game Maker Actions Library related extensions:
.lib - MODELLER Library Data
The LIB data files are related to MODELLER. The LIB file is a MODELLER Library Data. MODELLER is a computer program that models three-dimensional structures of proteins and their assemblies by satisfaction of spatial restraints.
- Application:
- MODELLER
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- MODELLER Library Data related extensions:
Naturally, other applications may also use the .lib file extension. Even harmful programs can create .lib files. Be especially cautious with .lib files coming from an unknown source!
Can't open a .lib 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.lib
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 .lib file extension is often given incorrectly!
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
ib, iib, ilb, lb, lbi, li, lif, lig, lin, liv, ljb, llb, lob, lub, mib
Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?
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- .lub
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Operating systems
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