ArcView Legend Editor palette
File type: GIS, GPS navigation and map file
An avp file is a palette file used by the ArcView Legend Editor.
It stores collections of symbols and colours that ArcView can load for use when defining the appearance of map features.
Found 4 different file type records with the same avp filename suffix.
File type category:
GIS, GPS navigation and map file
Date updated: October 6, 2026
The avp file extension is associated with ArcView, Esri's desktop GIS software, and its Legend Editor. The format is used with ArcGIS for Desktop Basic (ArcView) on Microsoft Windows.
The Legend Editor provides six palettes, collectively called the Symbol Window: Fill Palette, Pen Palette, Marker Palette, Font Palette, Color Palette, and Palette Manager. These palettes control much of the appearance of features in a View and consequently in a Layout and final map.
An avp file contains a palette for the Legend Editor. In ArcView terminology, a palette is a collection of symbols or colours stored in a file that can be loaded or created by the user.
Open the avp file from the ArcView Legend Editor in ArcGIS for Desktop Basic (ArcView) on Microsoft Windows. The Legend Editor can load the palette so its symbols and colours are available for map styling.
AVP files are not intended to be opened as ordinary documents or edited in a text editor.
An AVP palette is not normally converted as a standalone file. Use the ArcView Legend Editor to load the palette and apply its symbols or colours to a project.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving avp files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: May 15, 2019
The avp file extension as associated with the AntiVir, a software for Microsoft Windows operating system that allows users to protect their computers developed by Avira GmbH.
The avp file stores scanner parameters.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software apps that manage or store settings in avp files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: May 10, 2018
The avp file extension is also related to project files created by some programs from Avid.
When user creates a new project, Avid creates a folder, and a "project-name.avp" file, that match the project name.
These .avp files contain various characteristics like NTSC vs PAL, frame-rate, etc.
You can open these files using Avid software and continue to work on the projects.
Probably can be converted to anything else.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: June 18, 2019
The avp file extension is related to the SimCity 4, a city building and strategic computer game for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X systems.
The avp file stores animation viewpoints.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving avp files:
Microsoft Windows
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