Genero Studio file types and extensions

The list of file types and extenions used by Genero Studio.

Table 1. Meta-schema Manager file extensions
File Extension Description
.4db Database meta-schema file. Use this meta-schema file with standard (non-BAM) Genero Studio projects.
.4dbx Database meta-schema file. To use a meta-schema with a BAM project, you must save it using the .4dbx extension.
.sch BDL schema file.
Table 2. Project Manager file extensions
File Extension Description
.4pw Project file.
.4pdb Binary file containing symbols used for code analysis. This is an internal file; do not modify or remove.
.4pwdb Binary file containing dependencies used for compilation. This is an internal file; do not modify or remove.
.4pwcfg Binary file containing the last configuration used with the project. This is an internal file; do not modify or remove.
.4pwvs Binary file storing the state of the project. This is an internal file; do not modify or remove.
Table 3. Form Designer file extensions
File Extension Description
.4fd Standard form definition file.
.4fd* Form definition file for Business Application Modeler (BAM). For a full list, see Table 5.
Table 4. Genero Report Designer file extensions
File Extension Description
.4rp Report design document.
.4rt Report template.
.rsd Report template schema definition.
.rst Report schema transformation.
.rdd Genero data schema. This data schema is extracted from applications written in Genero BDL.
.xsd XML data schema. This data schema is extracted from XML data sources.
.rds Report data sample file. This file must be in the same directory as its associated data schema file.
Table 5. BAM file extensions
File Extension Description
.4ba Business Application Diagram file.
.4dbx Database meta-schema.
.4fdm CRUD Form file.
.4fdz Zoom Form file.
.4rd Report Data file.
.4ws SOAP Web Service file.
.4fdmws CRUD Form and SOAP Web Service file.
.4fdzws Zoom Form and SOAP Web Service file.
.4wsj JSON Web Service file.
.4fdmwsj CRUD Form and JSON Web Service file.
.4fdzwsj Zoom Form and JSON Web Service file.
.4fdc Custom form file.
.4wsprg SOAP Web Service Server file.
.4wsjprg JSON Web Service Server file.
.4prg Program file.