03-04-2015, 12:41 PM
I don't know anything about Quickbooks but I work with SQL Anywhere on a daily basis.
You say these QBW files "use a SQL Anywere structure". So it probably meens that's just a SQL Anywhere database file.
If you don't see any interesting strings in this file it's most likely because the db is encrypted.
There are two possible types:
"simple" which doesn't need a key and it's basically just obfuscation though I've no idea how it acutally works.
"strong" uses AES with either a 128bit or a 256bit key. In this case without the key you'll have no chance to read the data.
However like atom said, the application knows how to read/write QBW files so that's your starting point.
You say these QBW files "use a SQL Anywere structure". So it probably meens that's just a SQL Anywhere database file.
If you don't see any interesting strings in this file it's most likely because the db is encrypted.
There are two possible types:
"simple" which doesn't need a key and it's basically just obfuscation though I've no idea how it acutally works.
"strong" uses AES with either a 128bit or a 256bit key. In this case without the key you'll have no chance to read the data.
However like atom said, the application knows how to read/write QBW files so that's your starting point.