Extract text from Visual Studio performance reports (VSPS)
To convert VSPS performance reports to another format, you need Microsoft Visual Studio or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Performance Profiling Report" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual Studio or a similar tool.
A .VSPS file contains serialized performance profiling data generated by the diagnostic tools in Microsoft Visual Studio. Developers use these files to analyze CPU usage, memory allocation, and code execution bottlenecks without needing the full, massive raw data trace.
Despite its utility in development, the .VSPS format has significant disadvantages. It is a highly proprietary, closed format. Files can only be opened with a heavy, paid installation of Microsoft Visual Studio. Non-developers, project managers, or clients cannot open these files to review performance metrics because standard text editors and web browsers do not support the internal serialized data structures.
To share this data, users typically need to convert .VSPS to CSV or XML for parsing in external analytics tools, or to PDF to share visual reports with management.
Because this file format is a closed system, it is notoriously difficult to open or convert outside of the Microsoft ecosystem. Often only the original software can properly read the graphs or export the profiling data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or data extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VSPS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert VSPS file to , you can use Microsoft Visual Studio or similar software from the "Performance Profiling Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to VSPS, try Microsoft Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the "Performance Profiling Data Storage" category.
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