Unable to open Power BI.api NUPKG file from Visual Studio

Kalpana P 0 Reputation points
2023-09-26T11:36:29.72+00:00

Hello Support team,

We are trying to open microsoft.powerbi.api.4.16.0 NUPKG file from Visual Studio. It's throwing error - "The file is not displayed in the text editor because it's binary or uses unsupported text encoding". Screenshot attached herewith. Could you please help us resolve this issue.

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Kushal

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  1. Tianyu Sun-MSFT 28,951 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-09-26T13:54:04.0866667+00:00

    Hello @Kalpana P,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

    Like the warning message indicates, the .nupkg file is not displayed in the text editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding.

    Normally, it’s a file which is related to NuGet package, no need to directly open it, and cannot be directly opened. Is there any particular reason that you want to open it?

    If you really want to open it, you may try to rename the file extension from .nupkg to .zip. It’s more like a .zip folder/file. It includes some other files and folders, you can then extract and open this .zip folder/file.

    BTW, as it seems that you are using VS Code(different from VS) and VS Code is currently not supported in Microsoft Q&A forum, please kindly post VS Code related questions here: Stack Overflow - Visual Studio Code.

    Have a great day.

    Best Regards,

    Tianyu

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