Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VBPROJ file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert VBPROJ to another file type
To convert VBPROJ projects to another format, you need Microsoft Visual Studio or other Developer software.
Convert a file to VBPROJ
To convert other file formats to the "Project Build File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual Studio or a similar tool.
About VBPROJ files
The .vbproj file is an XML-formatted build script and project configuration file used by Microsoft Visual Studio for Visual Basic .NET development. It stores crucial metadata, including compiler settings, target framework versions, NuGet package references, and relative paths to actual source code VB files. While essential for the .NET build process, .vbproj files present significant disadvantages. They are strictly tied to the legacy Visual Basic ecosystem. When development teams modernize their codebase and migrate to C#, the .vbproj format becomes an obstacle and must be translated. Furthermore, older non-SDK style .vbproj files are notoriously bloated, prone to source control merge conflicts, and difficult to read manually. The most common conversion target is CSPROJ, which is the equivalent project format for C#. You may also convert it to XML or TXT for easier text processing outside of an Integrated Development Environment. Standard online converters often fail to process .vbproj files because they mistake them for compiled applications rather than text-based build configurations. They cannot compile your software or locate the external code files referenced inside. However, convert.guru offers a pragmatic workaround. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view the internal XML structure, and convert it to a standard text format when possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VBPROJ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert VBPROJ file to CSPROJ, SDK, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB or GO, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio or similar software from the "Visual Basic .NET Project Management" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to VBPROJ, try Microsoft Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the "Visual Basic .NET Project Management" category.
The VBPROJ Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our VBPROJ converter.