What is VSX? VSX, short name for Visio Stencil XML, is used as the file extension for Visio Stencil XML files. .VSX files are XML files that can be opened by any XML editors. See the sample .VSX file included below.

File Extension: .VSX

MIME Type: application/visio, application/visio.drawing

File Content: Visio Stencil XML

.VSX files are Visio Stencil XML files saved as XML files. Here is a sample .VSX file opened in a text editor:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
<VisioDocument key='91EF1000B1F318BA04A4C8BEF969FFFAF15194D0F430518C94E65CAD54FD14DFCC1164D2DC4DD049B5C557066351752886672C72C584B93BE949A861E0D165D6' 
start='190' metric='0' DocLangID='1033' buildnum='6022' version='14.0' xml:space='preserve' 
xmlns:vx='http://schemas.microsoft.com/visio/2006/extension' 
xmlns:v14='http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/visio/2010/extension' 
xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/visio/2003/core'>
<DocumentProperties>
<Creator>FYI., Center</Creator>
<BuildNumberCreated>939530118</BuildNumberCreated>
<BuildNumberEdited>939530118</BuildNumberEdited>
<PreviewPicture Size='20172'>
AQAAAIwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEYAAABbAAAAAAAAAAAAAACoCQAAigwAACBFTUYAAAEAzE4AAAMAAAABA
AAADwAAAGwAAAAAAAAAAAUAANACAADEAQAA/gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOPjBgAw4AMAVgBJAFMASQ
...
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.VSX Visio Stencil XML file sample: Click sample.vsx to download.

.VSX Visio Stencil XML files can be created and modified by these software:

• Microsoft Visio 2016 - Creates and edits .VSX Visio Stencil XML files.