I can't run a macro

[Virginia Borroni]

Hi,
When I run a macro, it only works with the images I used to create it.  
When I try to run the macro in another images (with different names)  
it doesn't run and a legend appear telling me that the image is not  
open. How can I edit the macro in the way it can run with any image? I  
don't know anything about programing!!!
Thanks a lot!!!
Virginia




Dra. Maria Virginia Borroni
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[William Joseph Ashby]

If you used the macro recorder, then you're macro should have a line similar
to this.
     open("/Users/willashby/Desktop/MyFolder/MyImage.JPG");

If it doesn't make sure you use the open command to open your images rather
than dragging and dropping them onto ImageJ which results in this.
     selectWindow("MyImage-1.JPG");
This command won't open images when you run a macro.

When I started doing macros in ImageJ, I would record what I needed done
using the recorder, create a macro from that, save it, and then open it in a
texteditor.  Using the texteditor, I would copy the macro as many times as I
needed then use the find and replace function to replace the filename
"MyImage.JPG" with the names of the other files I needed to process.  This
procedure might work for you.  If your images are in different folders
you'll need to change folders as well.  For example if I needed to process
an image named YourImage.JPG in a folder titled "YourFolder" that was on my
Desktop, I woud edit the command to make it look like this
     open("/Users/willashby/Desktop/YourFolder/YourImage.JPG");

Of course there are more elegant ways of processing batches of images but it
would take a while to explain.  The BatchConvert.txt macro found in the
ImageJ\Macros\folder is an example of this.

Good Luck,
Will Ashby
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, USA


On 10/8/09 9:49 AM, "Will Ashby" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> If you used the macro recorder, then you're macro should have a line similar
> to this.
>      open("/Users/willashby/Desktop/MyImage.JPG");
>
> If it doesn't make sure you use the open command to open your images rather
> than dragging and dropping them onto ImageJ which results in this.
>      selectWindow("MyImage-1.JPG");
> This command won't open images when you run a macro.
>
> When I started doing macros in ImageJ, I would record what I needed done using
> the recorder, create a macro from that, save it, and then open it in a
> texteditor.  Using the texteditor, I would copy the macro as many times as I
> needed then use the find and replace function to replace the filename
> "MyImage.JPG" with the names of the other files I needed to process.  This
> procedure might work for you.
>
> Of course there are more elegant ways of processing batches of images but it
> would take a while to explain.  The BatchConvert macro found in the
> ImageJ\Macros\folder is a good example of this.
>
> Good Luck,
> Will Ashby
> Vanderbilt University
> Nashville, TN, USA
>
> On 10/8/09 8:33 AM, "Virginia Borroni" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> When I run a macro, it only works with the images I used to create it.
>> When I try to run the macro in another images (with different names)
>> it doesn't run and a legend appear telling me that the image is not
>> open. How can I edit the macro in the way it can run with any image? I
>> don't know anything about programing!!!
>> Thanks a lot!!!
>> Virginia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dra. Maria Virginia Borroni
>> INIBIBB
>> C La Carrindanga Km 7 CC857. B8000FWB.
>> Bahia Blanca. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
>> Tel.#: [phone]. interno 127
>> Fax#: [phone]
>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
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[Robert Baer]

It is difficult to know exactly what your macro is designed to do from the
information you provide.  If we suppose you want to do a series of
instructions on the currently selected image, one strategy is to start
recording your macro sequence with an Image | Rename command and then rename
the image something like TestImage.  This will produce a macro line like:
rename("TestImage");

This will rename any selected image to a common name before preforming the
macro sequence and assures any macro commands doing a named reference will
"know" what your image window is called.  A more sophisticated approach is
to assign the current image name to a variable, but this will take learning
a little bit about programming.  If you need a more specific answer, you
need to provide us with your macro code.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Virginia Borroni" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:33 AM
Subject: I can't run a macro

> Hi,
> When I run a macro, it only works with the images I used to create it.
> When I try to run the macro in another images (with different names)  it
> doesn't run and a legend appear telling me that the image is not  open.
> How can I edit the macro in the way it can run with any image? I  don't
> know anything about programing!!!
> Thanks a lot!!!
> Virginia
>
>
>
>
> Dra. Maria Virginia Borroni
> INIBIBB
> C La Carrindanga Km 7 CC857. B8000FWB.
> Bahia Blanca. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
> Tel.#: [phone]. interno 127
> Fax#: [phone]
> [hidden email]
>
>
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> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
>

[Wayne Rasband]

On Oct 8, 2009, at 9:33 AM, Virginia Borroni wrote:

> Hi,
> When I run a macro, it only works with the images I used to create it.
> When I try to run the macro in another images (with different names)
> it doesn't run and a legend appear telling me that the image is not
> open. How can I edit the macro in the way it can run with any image? I
> don't know anything about programing!!!
> Thanks a lot!!!
> Virginia

You can use the Process>Batch>Macro command in ImageJ 1.43 to run a  
macro on all the images in a specified folder.

-wayne