Fast detectors employed at third-generation synchrotrons have reduced collection times significantly and require the optimization of commercial as well as customized software packages for data reduction and analysis. In this paper a procedure to collect, process and analyze single-crystal data sets collected at high pressure at the Extreme Conditions beamline (P02.2) at PETRA III, DESY, is presented. A new data image format called `Esperanto' is introduced that is supported by the commercial software packageCrysAlis^Pro(Agilent Technologies UK Ltd). The new format acts as a vehicle to transform the most common area-detector data formatsviaa translator software. Such a conversion tool has been developed and converts tiff data collected on a Perkin Elmer detector, as well as data collected on a MAR345/555, to be imported into theCrysAlis^Prosoftware. In order to demonstrate the validity of the new approach, a complete structure refinement of boron-mullite (Al₅BO₉) collected at a pressure of 19.4 (2) GPa is presented. Details pertaining to the data collections and refinements of B-mullite are presented.