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Old 03-06-15, 05:41 AM
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Open a .cal file

What is it?

How do I open it?

Why couldn't the sender have saved it as PDF or JPEG or anything else us Technologically Challenged people can use?
 
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Old 03-06-15, 05:55 AM
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Go to this link and you can download a file to open a cal. file CAL File Extension - Open .CAL Files
 
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Okay.... any other ideas? It didn't work + I just spent the last 45 minutes uninstalling all the junk programs that piggybacked their way onto my computer when I downloaded the "reader".
 
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Since there are more than one program that's associated with .cal extensions, open a command prompt & cd to the directory where the file is located & type

debug file.cal & press enter. Replace file.cal with the proper name. That will give you a prompt that looks like
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Next to the - type d & press enter.
In the far right column, there will be some text that might give you an idea as to which program is needed. Continue to type d & press enter each time you are returned to the -
When you are done type q & press enter.
 
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Old 03-06-15, 07:43 AM
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Can't you ask them to resend it in a more common file format.
 
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Technologically Challenged people call for a PDF version. 'Sorry Pulpo...
 
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Old 03-06-15, 11:20 AM
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It's a calendar file most likely. Is the person sending you an event or their schedule? That is typically why people encounter these.

It may also be a calibration file or a raster file.

What you're doing will determine what type of .cal you're dealing with. I don't know if any of them can easily be turned into PDFs, but they can likely be converted to some more common format.
 
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Old 03-06-15, 12:00 PM
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Screenshot is my favorite conversion method. Simple and easy. Crop and size as needed. Png and JPG are common as dirt.
 
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Elias, If you wanted the sender to change it to a PDF, why didn't you ask him for it, in the first place?
 
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Because us Technically Challenged people don't want to be identified as such, therefore we try to see if we can handle it ourselves...


(And, Nevra, it was a blueprint.)
 
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Elias-

It looks like maybe your file fits this description, since a blueprint would be a monochromatic image. Looks like the file format is a DoD invention (I did DoD work and I don’t remember those files, but it’s been really quite a while and I don’t remember a lot of things, lol). Maybe the blueprint you received at its birth originated in a government agency somewhere. Or maybe some CAD/CAM software uses that format (I’m not that familiar with the image file extensions, seems like there are many many)

CALS Raster: Summary from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats

Notice they say: “Supporting Applications: Too numerous to list” (maybe or maybe exaggeration?, lol)

Here is one App that can handle CAL files. I guess you would need to look at Applications that handle images and just see it they can handle CAL files.

Need to Open an Image? Use PaintShop Pro

Maybe this XnView would be relevant.

XnView file extensions
 
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Old 03-17-15, 01:14 PM
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If it is not private move it to a sharing site such as Dropbox and those of us here can try with the software we have on our computers.
 
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Old 03-17-15, 05:00 PM
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Quick search showed me this: Features - Scan2CAD

I didn't try it, but maybe it'd be fine for a one time use situation.
 
 

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