Packing Project Files

The VTune(TM) Performance Environment enables you to pack all the different files related to a project or Activity, in one step and later unpack and view the files on any machine that has the VTune environment installed. This process is called Pack and Go.

You can pack and unpack project files using the following commands in the Tuning Browser right-click pop-up menu:

Pack and Go

The right-click Pack and Go pop-up menu command packages the items selected in the Tuning Browser.

This process bundles all the different files related to the selection. This combination of files and information is saved in the .vxp format. The .vxp file can then be unpacked and viewed on a different computer.

When an Activity result is packed, the parent Activity is packed together with the Activity result. However, any other Activity results under that Activity are not packed.

Note

The Pack and Go command packs the VTune environment related files only. You should manually copy your binary and source files to the destination system.

To pack all Activity results within a project:

  1. Select the project in the Tuning Browser by clicking on the project name.

  2. Select Pack and Go... from the right-click pop-up menu. Type in or browse to your desired location and file name.

OR

  1. Select Export... from the File menu.
    The Select dialog box opens.

  2. Select the Pack and Go tuning project.

  3. Click Next.
    The Pack and Go Tuning Project dialog box opens.

  4. Select a project to pack and type in or browse to your desired location and file name.
    Optionally, select the Compress Pack&Go Files option to compress the project data.

Note

The previous versions of the product can't open the compressed packed files.

  1. Click Finish.

To pack one or more Activities:

  1. Select the Activities in the Tuning Browser.
    To select multiple Activities, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on the Activities within the Tuning Browser.

  2. Select Pack and Go... from the right-click pop-up menu. Type in or browse to your desired location and file name.

To pack all Activity results within a project from the command-line, enter:

vtl pack <filename>

The filename gets the extension .vxp. By default, the VTune environment compresses the project files while packing. To disable this option, edit the compress-files global options value.

Unpack

From the Tuning Browser, select a project and right-click to choose the Unpack command. This opens the Unpack dialog box, enabling you to unpack a project or Activity result(s) into the  project.

To unpack a packed Activity result into a project from the command-line, enter:

vtl unpack <filename>.vxp

Note

You can also unpack by selecting the File>Import... menu command to open the Import wizard. Select Tuning File as the import source and follow the Import wizard to unpack the project.

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