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Confused writing a macro

GDC
Hello

I couldn't find my answer by using the search function on Nabble so i am asking here.  I am trying to write a macro that will do multiple plot profiles in an image.  For example i need to get a profile from x=1 to x=319 at y=90, 95, 100, and 105 and save the plot in some ascii format.  When I run the macro I have written, i get an error sayin that I need a log window in order to save txt files.  I'm not sure what this means or how to fix it.  Below is the macro I've written

//setTool(4);
makeLine(1, 90, 318, 90);

run("Plot Profile");
saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\\Row90 back.txt");
close();
makeLine(1, 95, 318, 95);
run("Plot Profile");
saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\\Row90 back.txt");
close();
makeLine(1, 100, 318, 100);
run("Plot Profile");
saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\\Row90 back.txt");
close();
:  

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Greg
Michael Schmid
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Re: Confused writing a macro

Michael Schmid
Hi Greg,

the error message is exact; you cannot use saveAs for saving the list  
of points of a Plot window. The PlotGetValuesDemo macro shows you how  
to get the values from a plot and print them into the 'Log' window:

   Plot.getValues(x, y);
   for (i=0; i<x.length; i++)
     print(x[i], y[i]);

Then, you can save the contents of the 'Log' window and close it.

Michael
________________________________________________________________

On 10 Nov 2009, at 18:23, GDC wrote:

> Hello
>
> I couldn't find my answer by using the search function on Nabble so  
> i am
> asking here.  I am trying to write a macro that will do multiple plot
> profiles in an image.  For example i need to get a profile from x=1  
> to x=319
> at y=90, 95, 100, and 105 and save the plot in some ascii format.  
> When I
> run the macro I have written, i get an error sayin that I need a  
> log window
> in order to save txt files.  I'm not sure what this means or how to  
> fix it.
> Below is the macro I've written
>
> //setTool(4);
> makeLine(1, 90, 318, 90);
>
> run("Plot Profile");
> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\\Row90
> back.txt");
> close();
> makeLine(1, 95, 318, 95);
> run("Plot Profile");
> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\\Row90
> back.txt");
> close();
> makeLine(1, 100, 318, 100);
> run("Plot Profile");
> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\\Row90
> back.txt");
> close();
> :
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
GDC
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GDC
Hi Michael

Thanks for your help.  I'm still not completely clear on the issue.  Are you saying I need to call another macro named PlotGetValuesDemo from within the macro I'm trying to write?  If so, I don't have this macro on my machine and i can't find it on the ImageJ download site.  I get an invalid filename if I incorporate the text as you've described into my macro.  i am new to writing my own macros so please bear with me if my questions are not very sophisticated.

Thanks
Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Schmid-3 [via ImageJ] <[hidden email]>
To: GDC <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tue, Nov 10, 2009 12:52 pm
Subject: Re: Confused writing a macro

Hi Greg,

the error message is exact; you cannot use saveAs for saving the list  
of points of a Plot window. The PlotGetValuesDemo macro shows you how  
to get the values from a plot and print them into the 'Log' window:

   Plot.getValues(x, y);
   for (i=0; i<x.length; i++)
     print(x[i], y[i]);

Then, you can save the contents of the 'Log' window and close it.

Michael
________________________________________________________________

On 10 Nov 2009, at 18:23, GDC wrote:

> Hello
>
> I couldn't find my answer by using the search function on Nabble so  
> i am
> asking here.  I am trying to write a macro that will do multiple plot
> profiles in an image.  For example i need to get a profile from x=1  
> to x=319
> at y=90, 95, 100, and 105 and save the plot in some ascii format.  
> When I
> run the macro I have written, i get an error sayin that I need a  
> log window
> in order to save txt files.  I'm not sure what this means or how to  
> fix it.
> Below is the macro I've written
>
> //setTool(4);
> makeLine(1, 90, 318, 90);
>
> run("Plot Profile");
> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\\Row90
> back.txt");
> close();
> makeLine(1, 95, 318, 95);
> run("Plot Profile");
> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\\Row90
> back.txt");
> close();
> makeLine(1, 100, 318, 100);
> run("Plot Profile");
> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\\Row90
> back.txt");
> close();
> :
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Greg


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Wayne Rasband
On Nov 10, 2009, at 2:18 PM, GDC wrote:

> Hi Michael
>
> Thanks for your help.  I'm still not completely clear on the issue.  
> Are you saying I need to call another macro named PlotGetValuesDemo  
> from within the macro I'm trying to write?  If so, I don't have this  
> macro on my machine and i can't find it on the ImageJ download  
> site.  I get an invalid filename if I incorporate the text as you've  
> described into my macro.  i am new to writing my own macros so  
> please bear with me if my questions are not very sophisticated.
>
> Thanks
> Greg

Here is a macro that adds three line profiles to the Result table and  
then saves the table as a tab-delimited text file. It is based on the  
GetProfileExample macro that is linked to from the description of the  
getProfile() macro function at <http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/functions.html 
 >.

   makeLine(1, 90, 318, 90);
   profile = getProfile;
   record(profile, "y=90");
   makeLine(1, 95, 318, 95);
   profile = getProfile;
   record(profile, "y=95");
   makeLine(1, 100, 318, 100);
   profile = getProfile;
   record(profile, "y=100");
   updateResults;
   path = getDirectory("home")+"Results.xls";
   saveAs("Measurements", path);

   function record(profile, label) {
      for (i=0; i<profile.length; i++)
        setResult(label, i, profile[i]);
   }

-wayne


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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Schmid-3 [via ImageJ] <[hidden email]
> >
> To: GDC <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 10, 2009 12:52 pm
> Subject: Re: Confused writing a macro
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Greg,
>
>
> the error message is exact; you cannot use saveAs for saving the list
>
> of points of a Plot window. The PlotGetValuesDemo macro shows you how
>
> to get the values from a plot and print them into the 'Log' window:
>
>
>   Plot.getValues(x, y);
>
>   for (i=0; i<x.length; i++)
>
>     print(x[i], y[i]);
>
>
> Then, you can save the contents of the 'Log' window and close it.
>
>
> Michael
>
> ________________________________________________________________
>
>
> On 10 Nov 2009, at 18:23, GDC wrote:
>
>
>
>> Hello
>
>>
>
>> I couldn't find my answer by using the search function on Nabble so
>
>> i am
>
>> asking here.  I am trying to write a macro that will do multiple plot
>
>> profiles in an image.  For example i need to get a profile from x=1
>
>> to x=319
>
>> at y=90, 95, 100, and 105 and save the plot in some ascii format.
>
>> When I
>
>> run the macro I have written, i get an error sayin that I need a
>
>> log window
>
>> in order to save txt files.  I'm not sure what this means or how to
>
>> fix it.
>
>> Below is the macro I've written
>
>>
>
>> //setTool(4);
>
>> makeLine(1, 90, 318, 90);
>
>>
>
>> run("Plot Profile");
>
>> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\
>> \Row90
>
>> back.txt");
>
>> close();
>
>> makeLine(1, 95, 318, 95);
>
>> run("Plot Profile");
>
>> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\
>> \Row90
>
>> back.txt");
>
>> close();
>
>> makeLine(1, 100, 318, 100);
>
>> run("Plot Profile");
>
>> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\
>> \Row90
>
>> back.txt");
>
>> close();
>
>> :
>
>>
>
>> Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
>>
>
>> Thanks
>
>> Greg
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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GDC
 Thank you.  I think I'm getting it now.

Greg

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Rasband <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Tue, Nov 10, 2009 7:14 pm
Subject: Re: Confused writing a macro









On Nov 10, 2009, at 2:18 PM, GDC wrote:
 

> Hi Michael

>

> Thanks for your help.  I'm still not completely clear on the issue.  > Are you saying I need to call another macro named PlotGetValuesDemo > from within the macro I'm trying to write?  If so, I don't have this > macro on my machine and i can't find it on the ImageJ download > site.  I get an invalid filename if I incorporate the text as you've > described into my macro.  i am new to writing my own macros so > please bear with me if my questions are not very sophisticated.

>

> Thanks

> Greg
 

Here is a macro that adds three line profiles to the Result table and then saves the table as a tab-delimited text file. It is based on the GetProfileExample macro that is linked to from the description of the getProfile() macro function at <http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/functions.html >.
 

  makeLine(1, 90, 318, 90);

  profile = getProfile;

  record(profile, "y=90");

  makeLine(1, 95, 318, 95);

  profile = getProfile;

  record(profile, "y=95");

  makeLine(1, 100, 318, 100);

  profile = getProfile;

  record(profile, "y=100");

  updateResults;

  path = getDirectory("home")+"Results.xls";

  saveAs("Measurements", path);
 

  function record(profile, label) {

     for (i=0; i<profile.length; i++)

       setResult(label, i, profile[i]);

  }
 

-wayne
 


>

>

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Michael Schmid-3 [via ImageJ] <[hidden email]> >

> To: GDC <[hidden email]>

> Sent: Tue, Nov 10, 2009 12:52 pm

> Subject: Re: Confused writing a macro

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hi Greg,

>

>

> the error message is exact; you cannot use saveAs for saving the list

>

> of points of a Plot window. The PlotGetValuesDemo macro shows you how

>

> to get the values from a plot and print them into the 'Log' window:

>

>

>   Plot.getValues(x, y);

>

>   for (i=0; i<x.length; i++)

>

>     print(x[i], y[i]);

>

>

> Then, you can save the contents of the 'Log' window and close it.

>

>

> Michael

>

> ________________________________________________________________

>

>

> On 10 Nov 2009, at 18:23, GDC wrote:

>

>

>

>> Hello

>

>>

>

>> I couldn't find my answer by using the search function on Nabble so

>

>> i am

>

>> asking here.  I am trying to write a macro that will do multiple plot

>

>> profiles in an image.  For example i need to get a profile from x=1

>

>> to x=319

>

>> at y=90, 95, 100, and 105 and save the plot in some ascii format.

>

>> When I

>

>> run the macro I have written, i get an error sayin that I need a

>

>> log window

>

>> in order to save txt files.  I'm not sure what this means or how to

>

>> fix it.

>

>> Below is the macro I've written

>

>>

>

>> //setTool(4);

>

>> makeLine(1, 90, 318, 90);

>

>>

>

>> run("Plot Profile");

>

>> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\>> \Row90

>

>> back.txt");

>

>> close();

>

>> makeLine(1, 95, 318, 95);

>

>> run("Plot Profile");

>

>> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\>> \Row90

>

>> back.txt");

>

>> close();

>

>> makeLine(1, 100, 318, 100);

>

>> run("Plot Profile");

>

>> saveAs("Text", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ Raw Files\\SC\\ 1b\>> \Row90

>

>> back.txt");

>

>> close();

>

>> :

>

>>

>

>> Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

>

>>

>

>> Thanks

>

>> Greg

>

>

>

>

>

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