Input file
APPLICATION
- Full Name: ClickOnce Deployment Manifest Format
- Developer: Microsoft
Output file
VDP
- Full Name: Microsoft Visual Studio Deployment Project Format
- Developer: Microsoft
What is APPLICATION file?
The .application file type is associated with the ClickOnce deployment manifest, which is part of a technology used to deploy software to a computer via a web server. This technology was designed by Microsoft and originated in the .NET Framework. It helps to simplify the process of installing applications from the web or other network locations. Developers create application manifests with XML-based language and digitally sign it. [ ⏩ ] APPLICATION file extension
What is VDP file?
[ ⏩ ] VDP file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from APPLICATION to VDP?
To successfully convert the APPLICATION file to VDP, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.APPLICATION). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case VDP (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than VDP).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. APPLICATION to VDP. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting APPLICATION files to VDP files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension VDP, while before this step we had the APPLICATION file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new VDP file, or not.