September 9, 2026 — Withdata Software is pleased to announce the release of DataFileConverter 6.5, the cross‑platform desktop utility for converting structured data between files and database formats. This release adds two highly requested format types: fixed‑width text files and YAML files, both available as source and target formats, expanding options for data engineers, analysts and developers working with legacy and configuration‑oriented datasets.
What’s New in DataFileConverter 6.5
1. Fixed‑Width Text File Support (Source & Target)
Version 6.5 adds full read‑write support for fixed‑width flat‑text files, widely used in legacy systems, COBOL exports and mainframe data workflows. Users can import fixed‑width text as a source format and also export converted data out to fixed‑width text files as target output. This eliminates extra pre‑processing steps when working with legacy fixed‑length record datasets.
2. YAML File Support (Source & Target)
YAML is now supported both for input and output. You can load YAML configuration and structured‑data files for conversion to CSV, Excel, SQL, JSON, XML and other formats, and export existing datasets directly to YAML. This simplifies pipelines that handle application configuration files, DevOps artifacts and YAML‑based structured records.
3. Existing Proven Capabilities
Building on prior releases, DataFileConverter continues to support advanced features such as multi‑column‑key update/upsert for SQL conversions, HTML‑table parsing, batch processing, session saving, and command‑line automation for scheduled jobs.
About DataFileConverter
DataFileConverter is an all‑in‑one cross‑platform data conversion tool running on Windows, macOS and Linux. It supports bidirectional conversion among CSV, TSV, Excel, JSON, XML, HTML tables, SQL scripts, INI, RDF and now fixed‑width text and YAML.
- Visual point‑and‑click conversion wizard
- Command‑line interface for automated and scheduled batch jobs
- Batch‑convert multiple files, or split multi‑sheet Excel / multi‑table SQL files into separate outputs
- Preview data before conversion
- Preserve field names, data types and handle complex nested structures
- 100 % local offline processing for data privacy
Upgrade Today
DataFileConverter 6.5 is available for immediate download. Download it here: https://www.withdata.com/data-file-converter/download.html. Existing users may update directly to gain fixed‑width and YAML conversion features. New users can download a free trial to test the complete format‑conversion workflow.
Withdata Software continues to extend format coverage and reliability for real‑world data‑conversion scenarios based on user feedback.