Detailed information for the .pdx file extension
Various file types are recorded as using the file extension .pdx.? A brief description of these file types is shared below.
File Type #1 – Adobe Acrobat Index File
Most commonly, the file extension .pdx is found to be associated with Adobe Acrobat, which is a document creator and viewer program from Adobe Systems. . A pdx file represents an index file of Adobe Acrobat.
These .pdx files fall under the Data files category and their Mime type is application/octet-stream.
Utility of Adobe Acrobat Index File
Adobe Acrobat index files provide the user with the capability to search across various .pdf documents and are useful when you need to work with large sets of PDF (Portable Document Formats) documents.
How to create a .pdx file
As mentioned above, .pdx files being index files are helpful when you need to deal with a large number of PDF files. If you are burning a large number of PDF files into a CD, then it makes sense to create an index, which the intended recipients can use to see the table of contents, or to find a particular topic.
After you have burned your PDF files to a CD, keeping the CD inserted in your CD-ROM drive, perform the following steps to create a .pdx file:
- Open Adobe Acrobat.
- Click the Advanced Menu.
- Next click Document Processing and then click the Full Text Index with Catalog option.
- Now, click the New Index button.
- Type the Index title and description.
- Click Add.
- Select your CD drive, click the Build button, and then click Save.
How to open .pdx files in Windows and Mac operating systems
To open a .pdx file on a Windows or Mac computer you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
File Type #2 – Product Data eXchange File
The .pdx file extension is also used with Product Data eXchange Files, which are Data files based on the standardized XML format, specified by the IP-2570 Supply Chain Communication standard.
How to open Product Data eXchange .pdx files
You may open .pdx files in Windows using the following applications:
- Active Sensing PDXplorer Viewer
- Active Sensing PDXplorer Editor
- Oracle Agile eXpress
Besides these two, what are the other file types recorded using the .pdx file extension?
Other file types recorded using the file extension .pdx are:
- Paradox file
- ProCite database Index file
- Mayura Draw graphics format
At the time of this research, little information is available on these 3 file types, their purpose or behavior.
In case you are unable to open a .pdx file or for that matter any other file type on your Windows computer, then we recommend you use the FileCure tool, which is an excellent tool that that allows you to open numerous file types, both known and unknown.