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

Question

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?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33261966/what-is-app-aps-file-in-visual-c

Answer 1

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