Programatic Plugin installation

[Tom Larkworthy]

Hello,

How do I install macro tools from another plugin?
Currently I am doing:-

MacroInstaller installer = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();

installer.install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD);      //MACRO_CMD contains the macro
definition as it would appear in a macro.txt file
installer.install(LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
But only the last called macro tool appears in the toolbar. i.e. in this
case the  LabelBrush_ tool appears, but if I reversed the calling order then
the ROIBrush would be the only one that appeared in the toolbar.

Thanks

Tom Larkworthy

[Agnès Sauleda Brossa]

Hello,

I would guess that you can create two objects, one for each macro you want
to install. Have you tried that?

MacroInstaller installerRB = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();
MacroInstaller installerLB = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();

installerRB.install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
installerLB.install(LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);

I hope it's this,

Agnès

On 28/06/06, Tom Larkworthy <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> How do I install macro tools from another plugin?
> Currently I am doing:-
>
> MacroInstaller installer = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();
>
> installer.install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD);      //MACRO_CMD contains the
> macro
> definition as it would appear in a macro.txt file
> installer.install(LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
> But only the last called macro tool appears in the toolbar. i.e. in this
> case the  LabelBrush_ tool appears, but if I reversed the calling order
> then
> the ROIBrush would be the only one that appeared in the toolbar.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom Larkworthy
>

[Jerome Mutterer]

Tom,
you could consider using the ActionBar plugin. With this plugin, you  
can design one or more custom buttton bar(s) from which you can easily  
run macro commands, macros files or install different macros sets or  
macrotools sets and switch from one set to another.
You can see the ActionBar description at :
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/action-bar/

Jerome


Quoting Tom Larkworthy <[hidden email]>:

> Hello,
>
> How do I install macro tools from another plugin?
> Currently I am doing:-
>
> MacroInstaller installer = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();
>
> installer.install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD);      //MACRO_CMD contains the macro
> definition as it would appear in a macro.txt file
> installer.install(LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
> But only the last called macro tool appears in the toolbar. i.e. in this
> case the  LabelBrush_ tool appears, but if I reversed the calling order then
> the ROIBrush would be the only one that appeared in the toolbar.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom Larkworthy
>

[Tom Larkworthy]

Unfortunatly it is not that. I originally programmed it like you suggested
until I had the inverse thought :-)

On 6/28/06, Agnès Sauleda Brossa <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I would guess that you can create two objects, one for each macro you want
> to install. Have you tried that?
>
> MacroInstaller installerRB = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();
> MacroInstaller installerLB = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();
>
> installerRB.install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
> installerLB.install(LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
>
> I hope it's this,
>
> Agnès
>
> On 28/06/06, Tom Larkworthy <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > How do I install macro tools from another plugin?
> > Currently I am doing:-
> >
> > MacroInstaller installer = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();
> >
> > installer.install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD);      //MACRO_CMD contains the
> > macro
> > definition as it would appear in a macro.txt file
> > installer.install(LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
> > But only the last called macro tool appears in the toolbar. i.e. in this
> > case the  LabelBrush_ tool appears, but if I reversed the calling order
> > then
> > the ROIBrush would be the only one that appeared in the toolbar.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom Larkworthy
> >
>

[dscho]

Hi,

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Tom Larkworthy wrote:

> How do I install macro tools from another plugin?
> Currently I am doing:-
>
> MacroInstaller installer = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();
>
> installer.install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD);      //MACRO_CMD contains the macro
> definition as it would appear in a macro.txt file
> installer.install(LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
> But only the last called macro tool appears in the toolbar. i.e. in this
> case the  LabelBrush_ tool appears, but if I reversed the calling order then
> the ROIBrush would be the only one that appeared in the toolbar.

The MacroInstaller seems to get confused when being called several times.
However, you can do this:

        new MacroInstaller().install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD + "\n" +
                LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);

i.e. you can install more than one tool per call to
MacroInstaller.install();

Hth,
Dscho

[Tom Larkworthy]

Oh great. Thanks for your help

Tom

On 6/28/06, Wayne Rasband <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> > How do I install macro tools from another plugin?
> > Currently I am doing:-
> >
> > MacroInstaller installer = new ij.plugin.MacroInstaller();
> >
> > installer.install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD);      //MACRO_CMD contains the
> > macro
> > definition as it would appear in a macro.txt file
> > installer.install(LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
> > But only the last called macro tool appears in the toolbar. i.e. in
> > this
> > case the  LabelBrush_ tool appears, but if I reversed the calling
> > order then
> > the ROIBrush would be the only one that appeared in the toolbar.
>
> The MacroInstaller installs macro sets and each set you install
> replaces the previous one. You can install both macros using
>
>     installer.install(ROIBrush_.MACRO_CMD+LabelBrush_.MACRO_CMD);
>
> but you need to be using ImageJ 1.37d or later if the second macro uses
> global variables. This is because earlier versions of ImageJ required
> that global variables be defined at the beginning of the macro file.
>
> I posted the RoiBrush plugin at
> <http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/roi-brush.html>. Let me know if
> there are any changes you would like me to make to the Web page.
>
> By the way, I spent the morning figuring out why leaving out the braces
> in
>
>     if (flags&alt==0) {
>         call('ROI_Brush.label', x,y,z,flags, roiBrushWidth);
>     } else {
>         call('ROI_Brush.unlabel', x,y,z,flags, roiBrushWidth);
>     }
>
> caused a macro error. The fix will be in ImageJ 1.37j, which I plan to
> release in the next day or two.
>
> -wayne
>
>