Visual Basic active designer cache
File type: Temporary file
A dca file extension is related to the Visual Basic programming language and used for its active designer cache files.
Found 3 different file type records with the same dca filename suffix.
File type category:
Temporary file
Date updated: September 4, 2019
The dca file extension is used for files that contain saved temporary type information cache created by Visual Basic.
It is used by VB to speed up compilation.
It is similar to the oca files created for ActiveX control files (OCX).
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dca files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: October 5, 2026
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The DCA file extension is associated with DCA Archiver, a Microsoft Windows utility developed by Andrew Kletin. The program creates data archives for storing one or more files in a single compressed archive.
A dca file contains the archived data and the information required by DCA Archiver to extract it. The format is obsolete and is not commonly used by current archiving software.
Open a dca file with DCA Archiver on Microsoft Windows. Modern archive programs may not support this format.
If DCA Archiver is unavailable, a copy of the original program or an existing system that supports the format may be needed to extract the archived files.
If the file can be opened with DCA Archiver, extract its contents and create a new archive using a current archiving format.
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: September 11, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The dca file extension is associated with the DisplayWrite, a word processor, developed by IBM for IBM PC compatible computers.
The dca file stores document written in IBM DisplayWrite software.
Use IBM DisplayWrite to open *.dca files.
Software applications that can open dca files:
Other operating systems or devices
Software applications that can edit dca files:
Other operating systems or devices
Software capable of saving dca files:
Other operating systems or devices
Software apps that create dca files:
Other operating systems or devices
Software apps that print dca files:
Other operating systems or devices
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dca files:
Other operating systems or devices
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