Generation of Application.myapp while Visual Basic Application Framework is disabled about project-system HOT 3 OPEN

FYI @melytc

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Thanks @drewnoakes.

@myth384, I have a couple of questions to better understand the issue:
We have implemented a change to generate the Application.myapp file when a project is created; however, it is only utilized if the Application Framework property is activated. Is the concern that the Application.myapp file is being employed irrespective of its state? If not, could you clarify the scenario that is impacted by the presence of this file, even when it remains unused?

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Hi @melytc, Thanks for your timely response. I'm surprised this was actually a design decision, as lot of the changes I encountered during the migration of .NET Framework projects brought simplification to project metadata, removing a lot of redundancy. Adding unused data to a project feels counter intuitive in that regard.
The presence of the file is also confusing for developers coming from .NET Framework, as the file indicates the project is using the VB Application Framework. The behaviour for class libraries is especially odd, which start off without the file, to later find out the file is generated somehow.
I just wanted to share my view of my experiences I made during migrations, in an effort to improve project data even more. Our projects will be converted to C# anyway this year, so it's not a big issue for us at all.

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