SPL files: what are they and how do I open them?
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.spl file type #1: Microsoft Windows printing spool
An spl file extension is related to the Microsoft Windows and used for its printing spool files.
Further details:
The spl file extension is related to print job file used in previous versions of Microsoft Windows operating system.
An spl file contains commands.
The print job’s spooled data is contained in a spool file. For each print job there are two spool files generated by the Windows NT/2000 spooler.
Open file with:
Microsoft Windows
A series of operating systems developed by Microsoft
.spl file type #2: Digitrakker sample file (by n-FACTOR)
Files with spl file extension can also be found as audio samples.
Further details:
The spl file extension was also used for some older 8, 16-bits, mono sound format. Contains loops, names, huffman packing, collections.
Most likely no longer used. Extension might have been shared by different programs, like Digitrakker.
Open file with:
Awave Studio
Audio editting software with huge format support
.spl file type #3: HP Graphics Language plotter data
An spl file extension is related to the HP Graphics Language plotter data format.
Further details:
The spl file extension is related to the HPGL (also known as HP-GL), a primary printer control language used by Hewlett-Packard plotters. The name is an initialism for Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language.
Th spl file stores data using HPGL.
Open file with:
XnView MP
A popular utility for viewing and converting graphic files
.spl file type #4: Infinity game engine spell file
The SPL file extension is related to the Infinity game engine. The *.spl file contains spell data.
Further details:
The SPL file extension is also used in InfinityGame engine. The Infinity Engine is a computer game engine which allows the creation of isometric computer role-playing games.
It was developed by BioWare for Battleground Infinity which later became the first installment of the Baldur's Gate series. BioWare used it again in the subsequent installments of the series, but also licensed the engine to Interplay's Black Isle Studios.
A *.spl file contains data about spells include mage spells, priest spells, innate abilities, special abilities and effects used for game advancement.
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Baldur's Gate
Famous computer role-playing game from BioWare
.spl file type #5: Macromedia FutureSplash Animator document
An spl file extension is associated with the Macromedia FutureSplash Animator. An spl file stores document.
Further details:
The spl file extension is related to the Macromedia FutureSplash Animator.
FutureSplash Animator was a software product for creating vector-based animations, the predecessor of Flash.
It was developed by FutureWave Software, a small software company whose first product, SmartSketch, was a vector-based drawing program for pen-based computers. In 1995, the company decided that they should add animation capabilities to their product and deploy it over the burgeoning World Wide Web.
The only way to create such animations on the web at the time was through the use of Java, but this was quickly replaced with the debut of Netscape's plug-in architecture.
Mime types:
application/futuresplash
application/x-futuresplash
Open file with:
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe's program for viewing animations and movies in Flash format
.spl file type #6: sPlan circuit diagram
Files with spl file extension can also be found as saved circuit diagrams from sPlan program.
Further details:
The spl file extension is also used by sPlan for Windows, a program for files that contain saved circuit diagrams.
The sPlan is a software used to quickly design schematic circuit diagrams.
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sPlan
A PCB design software
.spl file type #7: WinView /400 report
An spl file extension is related to the WinView /400 software. An spl file contains report.
Further details:
The spl file extension is associated with WinView /400 and used for report files.
The compressed variant of these files have the ZSP file extension instead.
Most likely some old format without support. No further information could be found.
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WinView /400
A viewer for iSeries reports