Redirect of Plugins Directory

[Sullivan, Michael J (College of Med.)]

Is there a mechanism that will allow the relocation of where ImageJ
(located on the C drive) looks to find the plugin directory (e.g. on a
networked drive where "my documents" that is backed-up)?  --- Mike

[ctrueden]

Hi Mike,

http://imagejdocu.tudor.lu/imagej-documentation-wiki/faq/can-i-change-the-location-of-the-plugins-directory

-Curtis

On 11/1/06, Michael Sullivan <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Is there a mechanism that will allow the relocation of where ImageJ
> (located on the C drive) looks to find the plugin directory (e.g. on a
> networked drive where "my documents" that is backed-up)?  --- Mike
>

[Joachim Wesner]

Hi,

this problem I think came up more than once:

Solution 1)

The "plugins.dir" property specifies the location of the parent of the
plugins directory. This property can be set from either the command
line or from within a Java program that starts ImageJ. For example, if
you run ImageJ with the command

     java -Dplugins.dir=/Users/wayne -cp ij.jar ij.ImageJ

it will look for the plugins folder in the /Users/wayne/ directory.
This property can also be set in a program that launches ImageJ:

     System.getProperties().setProperty("plugins.dir",
"/Users/wayne/ImageJ");
     new ImageJ(null)

Solution 2)

> Is there a way to configure that the plugin directory is stored on the
> server?

Yes. You can pass the command line option "-ijpath x:/hello" and ImageJ
will look in x:/hello/plugins for the plugins.

You could also try some trickery with Java properties, but that is more
complicated.

Alternatively, you could patch ImageJ to read the plugin path from
IJ_Props.txt, which is contained in the JAR file.


Cheers

JW



                                                                                                                                       
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Is there a mechanism that will allow the relocation of where ImageJ
(located on the C drive) looks to find the plugin directory (e.g. on a
networked drive where "my documents" that is backed-up)?  --- Mike



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[Wayne Rasband]

> Is there a mechanism that will allow the relocation of where ImageJ
> (located on the C drive) looks to find the plugin directory (e.g. on a
> networked drive where "my documents" that is backed-up)?  --- Mike

The easiest solution is to install the no-Java version of ImageJ on the
network drive.

-wayne
>

[Graeme Kidd]

I am trying to get Solution 1 to work on my computer. I can paste this into
the run box:

java -Dplugins.dir="C:\ImageJ PLugins" -cp "C:\Program Files\ImageJ\ij.jar"
ij.ImageJ

Although that sets the new plug-in folder as "C:\ImageJ PLugins" it also
opens up a command prompt screen. Having an extra window appear is annoying
and if you close that it will also closes ImageJ which could cause some
undesirable affects.

Is there anyway of using the above command that wont open up the command
prompt window as well.

Thanks for your time
Graeme
-----Original Message-----
From: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Joachim Wesner
Sent: 01 November 2006 19:36
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Antwort: Redirect of Plugins Directory

Hi,

this problem I think came up more than once:

Solution 1)

The "plugins.dir" property specifies the location of the parent of the
plugins directory. This property can be set from either the command
line or from within a Java program that starts ImageJ. For example, if
you run ImageJ with the command

     java -Dplugins.dir=/Users/wayne -cp ij.jar ij.ImageJ

it will look for the plugins folder in the /Users/wayne/ directory.
This property can also be set in a program that launches ImageJ:

     System.getProperties().setProperty("plugins.dir",
"/Users/wayne/ImageJ");
     new ImageJ(null)

Solution 2)

> Is there a way to configure that the plugin directory is stored on the
> server?

Yes. You can pass the command line option "-ijpath x:/hello" and ImageJ
will look in x:/hello/plugins for the plugins.

You could also try some trickery with Java properties, but that is more
complicated.

Alternatively, you could patch ImageJ to read the plugin path from
IJ_Props.txt, which is contained in the JAR file.


Cheers

JW



 

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(located on the C drive) looks to find the plugin directory (e.g. on a
networked drive where "my documents" that is backed-up)?  --- Mike



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[Wayne Rasband]

Use javaw instead of java. The javaw.exe command is identical to  
java.exe except that it has no associated console window.

-wayne

On Nov 4, 2006, at 5:53 PM, Graeme Kidd wrote:

> I am trying to get Solution 1 to work on my computer. I can paste
> this into the run box:
>
> java -Dplugins.dir="C:\ImageJ PLugins" -cp "C:\Program Files\ImageJ
> \ij.jar"
> ij.ImageJ
>
> Although that sets the new plug-in folder as "C:\ImageJ PLugins" it  
> also
> opens up a command prompt screen. Having an extra window appear is
> annoying and if you close that it will also closes ImageJ which  
> could cause
> some undesirable affects.
>
> Is there anyway of using the above command that wont open up the
> command prompt window as well.
>
> Thanks for your time
> Graeme
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Joachim Wesner
> Sent: 01 November 2006 19:36
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Antwort: Redirect of Plugins Directory
>
> Hi,
>
> this problem I think came up more than once:
>
> Solution 1)
>
> The "plugins.dir" property specifies the location of the parent of the
> plugins directory. This property can be set from either the command
> line or from within a Java program that starts ImageJ. For example, if
> you run ImageJ with the command
>
>      java -Dplugins.dir=/Users/wayne -cp ij.jar ij.ImageJ
>
> it will look for the plugins folder in the /Users/wayne/ directory.
> This property can also be set in a program that launches ImageJ:
>
>      System.getProperties().setProperty("plugins.dir",
> "/Users/wayne/ImageJ");
>      new ImageJ(null)
>
> Solution 2)
>
>> Is there a way to configure that the plugin directory is stored on  
>> the
>> server?
>
> Yes. You can pass the command line option "-ijpath x:/hello" and  
> ImageJ
> will look in x:/hello/plugins for the plugins.
>
> You could also try some trickery with Java properties, but that is  
> more
> complicated.
>
> Alternatively, you could patch ImageJ to read the plugin path from
> IJ_Props.txt, which is contained in the JAR file.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> JW
>
>
>
>
>
>                       Michael Sullivan
>
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>                       01.11.2006 17:49
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>
>
>
>
>
>
> Is there a mechanism that will allow the relocation of where ImageJ
> (located on the C drive) looks to find the plugin directory (e.g. on a
> networked drive where "my documents" that is backed-up)?  --- Mike
>
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[Graeme Kidd]

Great javaw works a treat.

javaw -Dplugins.dir="C:\ImageJ PLugins" -cp "C:\Program Files\ImageJ\ij.jar"
ij.ImageJ

Rather than using the run window all the time I have created a shortcut on
my desktop that runs that command. I have also made it use the ImageJ
shortcut icon so all is working perfectly.

Thank you
- Graeme
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From: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Rasband Wayne
Sent: 05 November 2006 02:18
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Antwort: Redirect of Plugins Directory

Use javaw instead of java. The javaw.exe command is identical to  
java.exe except that it has no associated console window.

-wayne

On Nov 4, 2006, at 5:53 PM, Graeme Kidd wrote:

> I am trying to get Solution 1 to work on my computer. I can paste
> this into the run box:
>
> java -Dplugins.dir="C:\ImageJ PLugins" -cp "C:\Program Files\ImageJ
> \ij.jar"
> ij.ImageJ
>
> Although that sets the new plug-in folder as "C:\ImageJ PLugins" it  
> also
> opens up a command prompt screen. Having an extra window appear is
> annoying and if you close that it will also closes ImageJ which  
> could cause
> some undesirable affects.
>
> Is there anyway of using the above command that wont open up the
> command prompt window as well.
>
> Thanks for your time
> Graeme
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Joachim Wesner
> Sent: 01 November 2006 19:36
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Antwort: Redirect of Plugins Directory
>
> Hi,
>
> this problem I think came up more than once:
>
> Solution 1)
>
> The "plugins.dir" property specifies the location of the parent of the
> plugins directory. This property can be set from either the command
> line or from within a Java program that starts ImageJ. For example, if
> you run ImageJ with the command
>
>      java -Dplugins.dir=/Users/wayne -cp ij.jar ij.ImageJ
>
> it will look for the plugins folder in the /Users/wayne/ directory.
> This property can also be set in a program that launches ImageJ:
>
>      System.getProperties().setProperty("plugins.dir",
> "/Users/wayne/ImageJ");
>      new ImageJ(null)
>
> Solution 2)
>
>> Is there a way to configure that the plugin directory is stored on  
>> the
>> server?
>
> Yes. You can pass the command line option "-ijpath x:/hello" and  
> ImageJ
> will look in x:/hello/plugins for the plugins.
>
> You could also try some trickery with Java properties, but that is  
> more
> complicated.
>
> Alternatively, you could patch ImageJ to read the plugin path from
> IJ_Props.txt, which is contained in the JAR file.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> JW
>
>
>
>
>
>                       Michael Sullivan
>
>                       <michael.j.sulliv         An:      
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>                       01.11.2006 17:49
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>
>
>
> Is there a mechanism that will allow the relocation of where ImageJ
> (located on the C drive) looks to find the plugin directory (e.g. on a
> networked drive where "my documents" that is backed-up)?  --- Mike
>
>
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