Error identifying Plot window

[Norbert Vischer]

When I run the macro below, I get an error after the first few runs.
getImageID does not correctly return the ID of the plot window. Is there any fix or work-around?

Norbert Vischer


run("Close All");
run("Blobs (25K)");
srcID = getImageID;

for (jj = 0; jj < 100; jj++){
        selectImage(srcID);
        yValues = newArray(2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8);
        Plot.create("Simple Plot", "X", "Y", yValues);
        Plot.show;
        plotID = getImageID;
        if (srcID == plotID)
                exit("Error: srcID == plotID; jj =" + jj);
        close;
}

[BenTupper]

Hi,

On Nov 27, 2011, at 6:28 PM, Norbert Vischer wrote:

> When I run the macro below, I get an error after the first few runs.
> getImageID does not correctly return the ID of the plot window. Is there any fix or work-around?
>
> Norbert Vischer
>
>
> run("Close All");
> run("Blobs (25K)");
> srcID = getImageID;
>
> for (jj = 0; jj < 100; jj++){
> selectImage(srcID);
> yValues = newArray(2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8);
> Plot.create("Simple Plot", "X", "Y", yValues);
> Plot.show;
> plotID = getImageID;
> if (srcID == plotID)
> exit("Error: srcID == plotID; jj =" + jj);
> close;
> }

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I suspect that a plot window does not qualifies as an image window in the macro language.  Thus, the getImageID() and close() commands might not work as expected.

These modifications work on IJ 1.45m15 Mac OSX.  There may be a better way but I can't think of any just now.

run("Close All");
run("Blobs (25K)");
srcID = getImageID;

for (jj = 0; jj < 100; jj++){
        selectImage(srcID);
        yValues = newArray(2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8);
        Plot.create("Simple Plot", "X", "Y", yValues);
        Plot.show;
        //plotID = getImageID;
        //if (srcID == plotID)
        // exit("Error: srcID == plotID; jj =" + jj);
        selectWindow("Simple Plot"); // <--- use selectWindow(title) for non-images
        run("Close"); // <--- use run("Close") for non-images
}

Cheers,
Ben

[Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E]]

On Nov 27, 2011, at 6:28 PM, Norbert Vischer wrote:

> When I run the macro below, I get an error after the first few runs.
> getImageID does not correctly return the ID of the plot window. Is there any fix or work-around?

There was a plot window timing problem that is fixed in the ImageJ 1.46b daily build.

-wayne

>
> Norbert Vischer
>
>
> run("Close All");
> run("Blobs (25K)");
> srcID = getImageID;
>
> for (jj = 0; jj < 100; jj++){
> selectImage(srcID);
> yValues = newArray(2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8);
> Plot.create("Simple Plot", "X", "Y", yValues);
> Plot.show;
> plotID = getImageID;
> if (srcID == plotID)
> exit("Error: srcID == plotID; jj =" + jj);
> close;
> }

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