Macro dialog prefs?

[Chris Nicolai]

Hi,

Is there any way to remember what the user has entered in a macro Dialog, so
it becomes the default next time it's run?  I have done this in plugins
using ij.Prefs.  Can you access Prefs from a macro?

Thanks,
Chris Nicolai
www.qub.buffalo.edu

[Michael Schmid]

Hi Chris,

you can save macro options in the prefs, but it is not obvious - you  
have to use the 'call' macro command to directly access the static  
methods of ij.Prefs.


E.g., for an integer number:
   captureTime = parseInt(call("ij.Prefs.get",  
"captureTool.captureTime","2"));
   Dialog.create("Capture Options");
   Dialog.addNumber("Capture Time", captureTime,0,6,"seconds");
   Dialog.show();
   captureTime = round(Dialog.getNumber());
   call("ij.Prefs.set", "captureTool.captureTime",toString
(captureTime));

(This example is from the Video Capture macro, http://
rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/macros/tools/VideoCaptureTool.txt)

Michael
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On 5 May 2010, at 18:38, Chris Nicolai wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to remember what the user has entered in a macro  
> Dialog, so
> it becomes the default next time it's run?  I have done this in  
> plugins
> using ij.Prefs.  Can you access Prefs from a macro?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Nicolai
> www.qub.buffalo.edu

[Rick Simmons]

Hello,
The following macro works fine until the last line.  The Plot Profile
command executes, but the file is not saved.  No error messages appear.


I need to know how to include the save or saveAs option for the Plot
Profile command.  Also, is there a place where the option syntax is
documented for all menu commands (such as Plot Profile)?

Thanks,
Rick Simmons

   //---------- get image dimensions in pixels
   width = getWidth;
   height = getHeight;  

   //---------- copy original image to new window
   fileName = getTitle();
   newFileName = fileName + " (copy)";
   run("Duplicate...", "title=[" + newFileName+"]");
   selectWindow(newFileName);

   //---------- prepare image
   run("Enhance Contrast", "saturated=0.4");
   run("Make Binary");

   //---------- draw line and then create profile plot
   stepBy = round(height/10);
   makeLine(0,stepBy,width,stepBy);
   run("Plot Profile", "save=c:\\rls\\test.xls");


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[dscho]

Hi,

On Tue, 25 May 2010, SIMMONS, RICK L [AG/1850] wrote:

> The following macro works fine until the last line.  The Plot Profile
> command executes, but the file is not saved.  No error messages appear.
>
> [...]
>
>    run("Plot Profile", "save=c:\\rls\\test.xls");

The "Plot Profile" plugin is only recordable insofar it shows the plot
window.

To get at the plot values from the Plot Profile, you will need to use the
Plot.getValues() macro function. Example:

http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/macros/examples/PlotGetValuesDemo.txt

To save the values to a file, you will need to use the File.open(),
print() and File.close() methods. Example:

http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/macros/SaveTextFileDemo.txt

(Note that this example does not call File.close(), which might result in
a short write, i.e. an incomplete file)

Hth,
Johannes