Running PIX from the Command Line

Here are some examples launching PIX from the command line. To see a full list of the command-line options, see Command-Line Syntax.

Open a .PIXExp Experiment File

Assume the following.

• Input: an experiment called game.PIXExp, an application to profile called game.exe
• Output: Save the results in a run file called game1.PIXRun

Here is the syntax for running the experiment and saving the results to a run file.

PIXWin.exe game.PIXExp -targetpath game.exe -runfile game1.PIXRun -start

To change the location of where the run file will be saved, add the runfile option.

PIXWin.exe game.PIXExp -targetpath game.exe -runfile datafiles\game1.PIXRun -start

Save a .PIXRun File As a .csv File

Assume the following.

• Input: A run file called game.PIXRun
• Output: Save the results to a game.csv so that you can view it in Excel.

Here is the syntax for launching a run file and saving it to a .csv file.

PIXWin.exe game.PIXRun -exporttocsv game.csv

Compare Two Image Files

Assume the following.

• Input: Two image files file1.jpg and file2.jpg
• Output: XOR the files and save the results in diff.jpg.

Here is the syntax for opening both image files and doing a per-pixel comparison.

		
PIXWin.exe file1.jpg file2.jpg [-outputdiffxor diff.jpg]

See Also

PIX, Command-Line Syntax