The .tdb file extension usually indicates a database file, but it can be hard to tell which program created the database. A number of games and applications use TDB files to store high scores, terminology, transactions and other basic information. While these files all have the same extension, they aren't compatible between programs. If you have a TDB file you can't open, try using another program that produces a TDB database.
ACT!
- The ACT! customer and contact management tool from Sage Software helps you manage your professional contacts and keep track of all communication with them. This application saves transaction data using the .tdb file extension. Only ACT! can open this kind of TDB file.
QuickBooks Timer
- QuickBooks Timer is part of Intuit's QuickBooks line of accounting and business software. Timer acts as a time entry tool for companies with multiple employees, and runs on the desktop. The application saves timer information in TDB database files, and stores these files in the QBTIMER directory.
eBay Turbo Lister
- This free listing tool is designed for high-volume eBay sales, and allows you to upload and edit items in large numbers, as well as producing clean, professional-looking auction listings. The Turbo Lister program saves data in a proprietary TDB format, and must be used to open these files.
"NHL 08"
- This hockey simulation game from Electronic Arts includes the ability to create your own NHL teams based on the real thing. Player likenesses and other details make the experience more realistic. The game saves team rosters in a TDB database. Most players won't need to open these files outside the "NHL 08" game.
"Ballance"
- "Ballance" is a level-based puzzle game published by Atari. This game requires you to move a ball through a floating maze. It saves high score information in TDB format. You don't need to open "Ballance" TDB files on their own; they're automatically read by the game.
Deja Vu Terminology Database
- Deja Vu is an application for computer-assisted document translation. The program stores its terminology data using the TDB format. Only Deja Vu can display terminology from a TDB database file of this type.
ProWORX Nxt
- ProWORX is a specialized piece of software produced by Schneider Electric. Designed to make programming PLCs, or programmable logic controllers, simpler, this application saves its data in the TDB format. Most users will never encounter files from this highly specialized program.
SlamDB
- SlamDB is a compact library meant for use by Windows program developers. It includes an index manager and custom index. Databases created and saved using this program have the .tdb extension. You must open a SlamDB TDB file using the originating program.
TACT
- TACT is a text-analysis and retrieval application originally designed for MS-DOS. This older program was common in the late 1980s, and stored database information on European languages using the TDB format. TACT is no longer in use.
