VC file extension list
Read 589. APS: Store the intermediate file of binary resources, and VC converts the current resource file into a binary format and stores in the APS file to speed up the resource loading speed. .Bmp: Bitmap resource file. .BSC: Browsing the information file, generated from the Browse Information Maintenance Tool (BSCmake) from the original browsing information file (.sbr), the BSC file can be used to quickly locate in the source code editing window. .C: Source code file written in C language. .Clw: ClassWizard generated files used to store class information. .Cnt: The structure used to define "Contents" in the help file. .Cpp or .cxx: Source code file written in C language. .Cur: Cursor resource file. .Def: The module definition file is used to generate a dynamic link library. .Dlg: Defines a separate file for dialog resources. This document is not required for VC project, because VC generally puts the dialog resource in the .rc resource definition file. .Dsp: VC development environment generated engineering file, VC4 and previous versions use MAK files to define projects. .Dsw: VC development environment generated Workspace file used to organize multiple projects into a Workspace. .Exp: The output file generated from the DEF file from the DEF file, which contains the output information of the function and the data item, and the Link Tool will use the Exp file to create a dynamic link library. .H, .hpp or .hxx: The header file written in the C / C language is usually used to define data types, declare variables, functions, structures, and classes. .Hlp: Windows help file. .Hm: In the HELP project, the file defines the correspondence between the help file and the dialog, menu, or other resources. .Hpj: Help engineering files generated by Help Workshop, used to control the generation process of the HELP file. .Ico: Icon resource file. .Ilk: An intermediate file generated during the connection, only for the LINK tool. : Profile. .Lib: library files, the Link Tool will use it to connect to various input libraries to eventually generate the exe file. .Lic: User license file, you need this file when you use some ActiveX controls. .Mak: Make file, VC4 and engineering files used in previous versions to specify how to create a project, and VC6 converts MAK files into DSP files. .Map: One text file generated by the Link tool, which contains some information of the program being connected, such as group information and common symbol information in the program. .Ncb: NCB is the abbreviation of "No Compile Browser", where information is stored in ClassView, WizardBar, and Component Gallery, automatically generated by the VC development environment. .Obj: The target file generated by the compiler or assembly tool is the binary intermediate file of the module. .Odl: The source code file written in the object description language, VC uses it to generate a TLB file. .Olb: A special dynamic link library with type library resources, also called object library files. .Opt: The VC development environment automatically generates files used to store various options in Workspace. .Pbi, .pbo, and .pbt: Three files generated and used by the VC performance analysis tool profile.
