Newbie Question Thread

[brispuss]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Do you have set the xtool option for custom path in arc.ini? I don't think you can set this option directly from command line.

If you are referring to the arc.ini file located in Freearc here - C:\Program Files (x86)\FreeArc\bin , then no I haven't changed anything in arc.ini.

In any case, I rarely use Freearc or Arc at the moment.

How does changing the arc.ini content help with running xtool properly from the command line?

[Masquerade]

@brispuss
Ah, there's your issue.

XTool is inherently a command line tool, Razor made xtoolui.dll for quick testing.

So, in your C:\XTool folder, you will see the ui load because xtoolui.dll is present. This dll is not a dependency to xtool.exe so you can move/delete it and then xtool.exe will function only in console mode.

Furthermore, you need the library for precompression to be in the same folder as xtool.exe in order for precompression to work. XTool won't read/search the _libraries folder for compression libraries.

So, by having xtool.exe and preflate_dll.dll in a single folder, you will have working precompression. Same goes for zlibwapi.dll for zlib, hif2raw_dll.dll+raw2hif_dll.dll for reflate, libzstd.dll, liblz4.dll etc..... all need to be in the same folder as xtool.exe for those codecs to work.

[brispuss]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

@brispuss
Ah, there's your issue.

XTool is inherently a command line tool, Razor made xtoolui.dll for quick testing.

So, in your C:\XTool folder, you will see the ui load because xtoolui.dll is present. This dll is not a dependency to xtool.exe so you can move/delete it and then xtool.exe will function only in console mode.

Furthermore, you need the library for precompression to be in the same folder as xtool.exe in order for precompression to work. XTool won't read/search the _libraries folder for compression libraries.

So, by having xtool.exe and preflate_dll.dll in a single folder, you will have working precompression. Same goes for zlibwapi.dll for zlib, hif2raw_dll.dll+raw2hif_dll.dll for reflate, libzstd.dll, liblz4.dll etc..... all need to be in the same folder as xtool.exe for those codecs to work.

Thank you very much!!

I was coming to the same or at least very similar conclusions as you have after carrying out more tests. I was about to post my findings and comments something similar to yours, but you bet me to it!!

I have deleted the GUI files xtoolui.dll and xtoolui.ini. Moved all the codecs from the _libraries sub folder to the main folder with xtool.exe (C:\xtool\).

So, for now, xtool seems to be working as expected. I just have to be extra careful about inputting the correct parameters for xtool to function properly!