Volkswriter text document
File type: Text file
Files with vw file extension can be found as old documents from Volkswriter text editor from 1980s.
Found 4 different file type records with the same vw filename suffix.
File type category:
Text file
Date updated: May 15, 2018
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The vw file extension is associated with he text documents created by Volkswriter, a once-popular word processing program for the IBM PC in the 1980s.
The vw file contains document text created in Volkswriter. It can be opened in Corel WordPerfect.
Some text editors like WordPerfect should be still able to open these *.vw documents.
Probably can be converted to other formats.
Software applications that can open vw files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit vw files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving vw files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create vw files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that convert vw files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that print vw files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 4, 2026
DataFlex is an object-oriented 4GL programming language and database management system originally developed by The Database Managers, Inc. A .vw file stores the definition of a DataFlex data entry panel, including the layout and controls used to enter or display data.
The file is part of a DataFlex application's source files and works with other components of that application, such as its database definitions and program source. It is not a general-purpose database file containing the application's records.
This format is associated with the Linux and Unix versions of DataFlex.
Open the .vw file in the DataFlex development environment for Linux or Unix that belongs to the application. DataFlex can interpret the panel definition in the context of the rest of the application.
A text editor can be used to inspect the file if it is stored as source text, but it will not display the data entry panel as a running DataFlex form.
To reuse a DataFlex data entry panel file, open it in a compatible DataFlex development environment and migrate or rebuild the panel for the target application.
Any data displayed by the panel must be exported separately from the application's database; converting the .vw file alone does not convert that data.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving vw files:
Linux/Unix
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 27, 2026
SmartWare uses VW files to preserve custom views. The file contains the information SmartWare needs to recreate a view configured by the user, rather than serving as a standalone document.
This is a SmartWare-specific format for Microsoft Windows. Its contents are intended to be used within SmartWare and may not be meaningful in other software.
Open the file in SmartWare on Microsoft Windows to load the saved custom view.
Other programs are unlikely to interpret a SmartWare VW file correctly.
Because the file stores a SmartWare-specific view, conversion to a common document format is generally not applicable.
Open the file in SmartWare and use the application's own export or save options, if available, to preserve the information in another form.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving vw files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: October 22, 2026
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The vw file extension is associated with Volkswriter, a word processor for IBM-compatible PCs. Lifetree Software sold Volkswriter during the 1980s.
A vw file stores a text document created in Volkswriter. The format is obsolete and is no longer in common use.
Open a vw file with the original Volkswriter software on a compatible IBM PC or DOS environment. On a modern computer, a DOS emulator may be required.
Open the vw file in Volkswriter and use any export or save-as options provided by that version to create another format.
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