.idl file: how to open it on Windows

2 Windows apps register the .idl extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.

About the format

Format

IDL document

Abbreviation

IDL · Interface Definition Language

MIME type

text/x-idl

Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).

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  Notepad3

  Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code.

  Free 7.26.602.1 84.4K ↓ ★ 6.7K
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  Sublime Text 4

  Sublime is a sophisticated cross-platform text editor for code, markup and prose.

  Proprietary 4.0.0.421500

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