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LIF

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LEGO Digital Designer resource

File type: Various data file

Files with lif suffix can be nowadays mostly encountered as special resource files for the LEGO Digital Designer.

Found 7 different file type records with the same lif filename suffix.

What is lif file?

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: December 16, 2016

File extension lif is in these days mostly known for its use in the Lego Digital Designer, which is used to build LEGO models on your computer.

A .lif file contains resource data, assets used in the program.

How to open lif file?

As far as we know, .lif files can only be used in LEGO Digital Designer.

How to convert lif file?

Unfortunately, we do not know about any possible conversion for .lif files.

Suggested software to open lif file:

Associated software actions with the lif file

Software applications that can open lif files:

Microsoft Windows

Software applications that can edit lif files:

Microsoft Windows

Software capable of saving lif files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that extract lif files:

Microsoft Windows

CA-Clipper compressed archive

File type category:
Archive and compressed file

Date updated: December 16, 2016

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

File extension lif was also used by CA-Clipper, a complete application development system that can be customized to fit real-life operational requirements.

A .lif file contains compressed file archive used by the installer.

How to open lif file?

It is likely that this file type was only used in old CA-Clipper.

How to convert lif file?

Unfortunately, we do not know about any possible conversion for .lif files at thistime.

Suggested software to open lif file:

CA-Clipper icon
CA-Clipper
A complete application development system.

Associated software actions with the lif file

Software applications that can open lif files:

Microsoft Windows

no icon available CA-Clipper

Software apps that create lif files:

Microsoft Windows

no icon available CA-Clipper

Software apps that extract lif files:

Microsoft Windows

no icon available CA-Clipper

Game of Life pattern file

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: December 16, 2016

File extension lif is also used in the Game of Life program for some sort of pattern files. Game of Life is a math puzzle computer game.

How to open lif file?

You most likely won't be able to access these files manually.

How to convert lif file?

It does not seem to be possible to convert this particular lif file type to anything else.

Suggested software to open lif file:

Associated software actions with the lif file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving lif files:

Multiplatform

HomeWorld game texture

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: June 23, 2025

File extension lif has been also used on textures from HomeWorld real-time strategy computer game from Relic Entertainment. Used on in-game models.

How to open lif file?

Some graphics viewers can open this texture format.

How to convert lif file?

Perhaps some modding tools exist that allow users to convert or modify HomeWorld textures.

Suggested software to open lif file:

Associated software actions with the lif file

Programs for viewing lif files:

Multiplatform

Software applications that handle other tasks involving lif files:

Microsoft Windows

HP Logical Interchange Format

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: December 16, 2016

File extension lif is used for Logical Interchange Format (LIF) a Hewlett-Packard simple file system format used to boot HP-PA machines and to interchange files between older HP machines.

This particular .lif file contains a header, containing a single directory, with 10-character case sensitive filenames and 2-byte file types, followed by the files.

How to open lif file?

Most likely can be only used in special software from HP.

How to convert lif file?

Unfortunately, we do not know about any way how to convert lif files to anything else.

Leica Image Format

File type category:
Graphics file

Date updated: April 5, 2023

File extension lif is used for one of the main file formats in Leica LAS X microscope software for digital instruments. 

It is a graphics format used to store biological pictures together with additional metadata and other elements.

How to open lif file?

Can be used in the LAS X software or in bio-formats.

Associated software actions with the lif file

Software apps that import lif files:

Microsoft Windows

Multiplatform

TurboTax information archive

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: July 16, 2024

File extension lif is also used for one of the default file type from TurboTax, a tax preparation software, developed by Intuit which is available in versions for both Windows and Mac.

This particular. lif file contains compressed data used by the application.

How to open lif file?

It is likely that this file type can only be used in TurboTax.

How to convert lif file?

We have no information about possible conversions for this lif file type at this time.

Suggested software to open lif file:

Associated software actions with the lif file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving lif files:

Microsoft Windows

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

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