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Format

Visual Basics MAK File

Summary

Name
Visual Basics MAK File
Version
3 or earlier
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1548
Format type
Text (Unstructured)
Description
MAK (make) files are project files created by Microsoft Visual Basic version 3 and earlier. They store information including references to forms, source code and module files. MAK files were replaced with VBP files in Visual Basics 4 onwards.
Note
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-basic-6/visual-basic-6.0-documentation?redirectedfrom=MSDN
File extensions
mak
Source
National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia
Developed by
Microsoft Corporation
Supported by
Microsoft Corporation

Internal signatures

Visual Basics MAK File

Note
Magic bytes EOF range 0-55: ProjWinSize=[7-15]..ProjWinShow=[1-3]..IconForm="Form

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
61
Byte Sequence
50726F6A57696E53697A653D{7-15}0D0A50726F6A57696E53686F773D{1-3}0D0A49636F6E466F726D3D22466F726D
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V100

    Release date
    16 December 2021

    Visual Basics MAK File: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Library of Australia.

    Visual Basics MAK File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Library of Australia.