how to create .ixs-file

[thoresson]

Do I have to create a ixs-file for use with iSiloXC from scratch, or is it possible to export my settings in iSiloX to an ixs-file?

Best regards,

Anders Thoresson

[gvtexas]

Originally posted by thoresson
Do I have to create a ixs-file for use with iSiloXC from scratch, or is it possible to export my settings in iSiloX to an ixs-file?

Well, Anders, you finally stumped me! I don't use iSiloXC, so can't say. Hopefully someone else will jump in here and let you know.

Cheers,
Gary

[Alexander Turcic]

Hey Anders,

To be honest, I've never tried to export my iSiloX settings nor create a .ixs file. So I quickly had a look at http://www.isilox.com/support/manual/ixs/ixs.htm . I don't think there is an option to automatically export the settings to an .ixs file, but it seems fairly easy to manually create one following the given instruction.

[thoresson]

Is it possible to use iSiloXC without an ixs-file?

[Alexander Turcic]

See the iSiloXC Manual here. The page gives you some examples of how to use the console version of iSiloX:

Examples
When running iSiloXC from a command-line prompt to convert a given set of files in a .ixl file, you will generally use a command line similar to the following:
iSiloXC -x MyDocumentList.ixl -v

In the above command line, MyDocumentList.ixl is assumed to be the file name of a conversion list file in the current directory. Specifying -v allows you to get a good idea of the conversion progress as it goes along.

If you use a scheduler to schedule iSiloXC, you may want to have iSiloXC update the last conversion status. Under Windows, you might provide to the Windows scheduler a command line similar to the following:

"C:\Program Files\iSilo\iSiloX\iSiloXC.exe" -x "C:\My Documents\iSiloWWW.ixl" -u

The double quotes around the path to the executable and the path to the conversion list file are necessary because both paths have spaces.
To simply open a .ixl file within iSiloX, specify the path to the .ixl file as the single command line argument:

iSiloXC MyDocumentList.ixl

It also tells you how to load a .ixs file, in case you need specific settings.