Extract text from VSZ files
To convert your VSZ file to another format, you need Veusz or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Python Plotting Script" file type, you need software like Veusz or a similar tool.
A .VSZ file is primarily a project saved by Veusz, a scientific plotting package. Unlike standard image files (like JPG or PNG), a VSZ file is actually a plain text Python script that contains instructions on how to build a graph (e.g., "load data.csv," "draw axis," "plot line").
The Critical Constraint: By default, Veusz files do not contain the actual data; they only link to external files (like CSV, HDF5, or TXT) on your hard drive. If you send a .VSZ file to a colleague without the accompanying data files, the graph will be blank or fail to open. This makes the format poor for archiving or web publishing. Users frequently need to convert VSZ to self-contained formats like PDF (for papers) or SVG (for further editing in Adobe Illustrator).
A secondary, less common use of the extension (approx. 17%) is as a Visual Studio Wizard file. These are simple text configuration files used by Microsoft Visual Studio to launch template wizards. They are not graphical and are typically only relevant to software developers maintaining legacy extensions.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VSZ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert VSZ file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use Veusz or similar software from the "Scientific Plotting Script" 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 VSZ, try Veusz or another comparable tool in the "Scientific Plotting Script" category.
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 VSZ converter.