Convert BFC to WAB

What is BFC file?

[ ⏩ ] BFC file extension

What is WAB file?

The WAB (Windows .WAB) file extension is associated with Microsoft Outlook Express and Windows Address Book. It is a data file used for storing contact information, such as addresses, emails, phone numbers and other contact details. It is the default format for contact list database in both programs and can be opened or modified using the Windows operating system. The WAB file stores all the contact details in a table format making it easy to view and manage. [ ⏩ ] WAB file extension

How to convert the file from BFC to WAB?

To successfully convert the BFC file to WAB, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.BFC). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case WAB (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than WAB).

What is a file conversion?

A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. BFC to WAB. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.

Program for converting BFC files to WAB files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension WAB, while before this step we had the BFC file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new WAB file, or not.

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