Is there a way to open .xff files in Matlab?

Dear Matlab community,

I have a file with extension .xff. The file is coming from the Hilti PS 200 Ferroscan.

Is there a way to open it or extract the data in Matlab?

Thanks in advance!

[Guillaume]

Strictly speaking, you can open any file in matlab. Making sense of what's in the file is another question all together. If what's in the file is just plain text, there are many ways to import that in matlab depending on the actual text format. If the data has been stored in the file as binary then I'd look into the FileExchange to see if somebody has written an importer. I would also recommend having a look at the website of the manufacturer to see if they haven't written such a importer.

[Philipp Truffer]

Thank you very much for your answer. Apparently, this is a dead end. The format tends to be specific to the manufacturer and the latter may not want to give access to the raw data...

[Guillaume]

It's fairly common for software to have its own unspecified file format that's not meant to be shared, but usually there's always the option to export the same data in a well documented standard format that you could easily load in matlab.