I've a file that seems a database but I don't know who can open it. It has extension .ins .
Do you know what database generated this file?
Thanks in advance.

the only formats I'm aware of for .ins files are:

• InstallShield install script
• X-Internet sign-up files

However, there's no governing authority on file extensions, so, it really could be almost anything. The extension 'ins' MAY be a clue (it's possible that this is an index file of some sort...)

can you open it with notepad? if so, does there appear to be a structure to the file contents? I've imported quite a few non-documented data files into various databases, but, it's almost always a lot of detective work to uncover any hidden structure to the data.

ref TechFileFormat. Wotsit had no listing.

I've opened the file with an hexadecimal editor, but it hasn't any string and has a very strange size: 799 bytes. It's a file of a group of files and I almost discovered the relations between the others, but this doesn't seem relacted with others (I tried to found some numbers equal but with no results).

.ins - (WordPerfect) wp51.ins

.ins - installation script (1st Reader)