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bluish
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Reputation: 27312

What is app.aps file in Visual C++?

I just discovered a misterious file in my (new) Visual Studio 2012 C++/CLI project: app.aps.

I can find no reference on the internet about it. What is it meant for? Can I safely delete it? It seems so. Should I ignore or include in my commits to source version control?

Upvotes: 51

Views: 35652

Answers (2)

Levesque
Levesque

Reputation: 944

It's a generated file for designer efficiency, you can ignore it in source control:

File created by Microsoft Visual C++, a software development application; stores the binary representation of a resource included with the project; enables the application to load resources more quickly.

http://fileinfo.com/extension/aps

Upvotes: 65

Animesh
Animesh

Reputation: 1231

APS files are the binary versions of resource files. As resource editor does not directly read the .rc and resource.h files, the resource compiler turns them into the APS file.

Reference - Files Affected by Resource Editing

Upvotes: 33

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