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Format

Visual Basic Project Workspace File

Summary

Name
Visual Basic Project Workspace File
Version
1-6
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1574
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
These are files created by Visual Basic, a software development tool for Windows. The files hold coordinate positions for each window in the visual programming environment, and are used to reload elements into their previous positions after a close/reopen. Visual Basic software has been replaced with Visual Basic.NET., which doesn’t generate .vbw files.
File extensions
vbw
Submitted by
National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia

Relationships

Has lower priority than

Internal signatures

Visual Basic Project Workspace File

Description
Magic bytes BOF, offset 0 - 36: frm Magic bytes EOF, offset 0: ..

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
36
Byte Sequence
66726D
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
0D0A
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V101

    Release date
    15 February 2022
    • Added format

      Visual Basic Project Workspace File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Library of Australia.

    • Added signature

      Visual Basic Project Workspace File: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Library of Australia.