Guys I've coded a couple of tools which some may find useful. I have used these tools for driver modding and have done some quick changes to make them look 'pretty' for the general public. Catalyst Eye This program reads the display inf files found in catalyst drivers before driver installation. It then displays some quick information about the build version and date. In addition the program displays what AMD devices will install. The program is only compatible with Catalyst Drivers. You can also convert and view the contents of Catalyst Application Profiles. Contains alot of undocumented driver settings in there to look at. winEx This program expands compressed windows installation files. For example dl_ to dll etc. Why would you want to do this? If you install a new driver and it breaks compatibility with a program and game you can expand a dll file from an older file and place it the folder containing the application.exe. For example if a 32bit dx9 game has some issues try placing atiumdag.dll from another driver into the folder containing the application.exe. This is a quick way to test drivers without having to install / uninstall drivers. reference: atiumdag.dll – DX9 32bit atiumd64.dll – DX9 64bit atioglxx.dll / atigktxx.dll – openGL32bit atio6axx.dll / atig6txx.dll – openGL 64bit aticfx32.dll + atidxx32.dll – DX10/11 32bit aticfx64.dll + atidxx64.dll – DX10/11 64bit MediaFire Download Link
Nice work. :thumbup: I see it requires .NET 4 to work. At least for Catalyst eye. Not all Catalyst drivers need or require .NET 4. And for Win7 it's just an optional bolt on. Maybe worth noting this in .readme. But it's some good utils that simplifies the fiddly CMD line stuff. Thanks man.
you're welcome Thank you I will update the readme when I bundle the tools in with modded drivers for legacy users. Yes I coded these tools using .NET framework.
OP can you make an app that will configure the options found in the ADL profiles? Or maybe you have a solution for this question? http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=377720
Would also be a good idea if the program could show the .ini files from a driver that is not installed (ie just downloaded) so people can check if their cards are supported or not. Also it would be awesome if the program could edit the .ini file to enable that persons card to work with that driver. Overall great work my friend!
thats what it does now.... obviously the driver has to be installed to get the blob files. browse to a driver folder and the program will look in all sub directory that only contains the display inf file. not a bad idea...
Just have a couple of comments.... Did you know there is already an app included with AMD drivers that converts blb files into XML? Also, 7-Zip can extract compressed driver files, and lastly the drivers don't need to be installed to read the .inf, all you need to do is extract the package with 7-Zip...
yes i do... this app is a front end for that. its just quicker and more user friendly not to go into commandline. as i said earlier catalyst eye does that now. It reads .inf before installation.
Good Job Optimis0r.. really a handy tool, and ya would like to suggest one more feature to the WinEx, It can expand the files well and good,, can the re packing feature be included as to function as the reverse process, In Command prompt we use the command makecab *.dll