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How to read/open mdtxn files

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Marco

17 Dec, 2022 01:50 PM

Hi all,
I hope I posted this in the right spot.

I know that the mdtxn files used to synchronise the various devices are encrypted (as far as I understood with symmetric AES256), but obviously we have the password of our own data.
Is there a way to decrypt them and, if yes, once decrypted, to read them (xml? JSON? Etc.)?
I’m asking because I’m building my own reporting in Power BI, but every time I need to export the data manually in JSON and to do that I have to be in front of my laptop.

Leveraging instead the standard sync functionality I can update my reporting (almost) real time as soon as I enter a new transaction on my mobile app.

Any hint is appreciated
Thanks
Marco

1. 1 Posted by Stuart Beesley ... on 17 Dec, 2022 04:33 PM

   

   Hint 1. Toolbox advanced mode allows you to look inside these. Have a go….

   Hint 2. Look at the toolbox source code.

   Hint 3. Shout if you need more help?

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2. 2 Posted by Stuart Beesley ... on 17 Dec, 2022 04:33 PM

   

   Hint 4. Toolbox can also decrypt your whole dataset in one go….

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3. 3 Posted by Marco on 18 Dec, 2022 10:19 AM

   

   Thank you Stuart, I’ll have a look
   Cheers
   Marco

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4. System closed this discussion on 19 Mar, 2023 10:20 AM.