Cell counter problem

[alisona5]

I am having a problem with ImageJ's cell counter.  2 of the 3 macs we are working on appear to save markers, but the load markers feature is not working.   My newest macbook works fine.  On one of the computers that is having the problem, this feature used to work but no longer works.  The computers seem to be running java >1.4.  I am not sure if this is a problem with the newer versions of ImageJ or if the computers are the problem.  Does anyone have any ideas?  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Alison

[Glen MacDonald-2]

This is the Cell Counter plugin?  Are all computers using the same version of the plugin?  Are they all updated for the latest Java?

Just a couple of initial guesses,
Glen

Glen MacDonald
Core for Communication Research
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
Box 357923
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7923  USA
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On Nov 23, 2009, at 8:37 AM, alisona5 wrote:

> I am having a problem with ImageJ's cell counter.  2 of the 3 macs we are
> working on appear to save markers, but the load markers feature is not
> working.   My newest macbook works fine.  On one of the computers that is
> having the problem, this feature used to work but no longer works.  The
> computers seem to be running java >1.4.  I am not sure if this is a problem
> with the newer versions of ImageJ or if the computers are the problem.  Does
> anyone have any ideas?  Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Alison
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[alisona5]

Thanks for the ideas.
Yes, this is the cell counter plugin.  We are not using the same version of imageJ.  The computer that works is running 1.43g and the one that is not working is using 1.43k.  I am not sure if that means the plugins are different.  I downgraded the mac that is not working and it did not help.  I am reluctant to upgrade the working computer to see if it stops working.  Java is updated on all.
Thanks
Alison

Glen MacDonald-2 wrote

This is the Cell Counter plugin?  Are all computers using the same version of the plugin?  Are they all updated for the latest Java?

Just a couple of initial guesses,
Glen

Glen MacDonald
Core for Communication Research
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
Box 357923
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7923  USA
[phone]
[e-mail]




On Nov 23, 2009, at 8:37 AM, alisona5 wrote:

> I am having a problem with ImageJ's cell counter.  2 of the 3 macs we are
> working on appear to save markers, but the load markers feature is not
> working.   My newest macbook works fine.  On one of the computers that is
> having the problem, this feature used to work but no longer works.  The
> computers seem to be running java >1.4.  I am not sure if this is a problem
> with the newer versions of ImageJ or if the computers are the problem.  Does
> anyone have any ideas?  Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Alison
> --
> View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Cell-counter-problem-tp4052216p4052216.html
> Sent from the ImageJ mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[kbray]

I have had problems loading markers too and finally figured out the solution. When you first save the markers on ImageJ it embeds the name of the picture file into the counter file. However, if you try to change the name of either the counter file or the image file later (just renaming the file), even though they appear to match, what is embedded is not changed just by changing the file name. The way to fix this is to open the counter file with a text editor, like notepad or textedit on mac and change the file name so that it matches exactly. Just do markers on a new image and open those marker files with text edit to compare. You will likely see that the embedded file name of the one that is not working is different from what the file is named on your computer when you see the file in finder. Bottom line, when you first save the markers the xml file name you will see is "Cell Counter_picture file name.xml" but if you ever change it or change the picture file name they will not match.

Another thing I found out is that the counter counter will not load markers if there is a # symbol in the picture file name. Make sure you don't have number symbols because it will not recognize this and it will seem as if it is loading (the error message won't pop up) but the markers will not load.

Most likely one or both of these reasons are the cause of your problem. Hope this helps!