Results Table edits

[Maciej Rudzinski]

Dear IJ users,

I would like to build my results table in a way that would include
couple of text columns (file name, date, time, camera name, etc). This
didn't work since only the label column can include text. So I'm
attempting to edit the results as text after saving the file but the
text editing isn't macro-recordable or at least didn't record anything
in my attempts.

Could someone give me couple of hints on how to script text editing
commands? Something like "find and replace" would be most useful.

Best Regadrs,

Maciej Rudzinski

[Michael Schmid]

Hi Maciej,

you can get the contents of a 'Table' window (if it is the front window) by getInfo("window.contents").
If it isn't, use selectWindow(title) to bring it to the foreground.
Then you can manipulate that String, e.g. with replace(string, old, new), and you may use 'print' to write it back.
Restriction: a Table window has only one column; tab characters appear as spaces.

title="my table";
quotedTitle = "["+title+"]"
run("Table...", "name="+quotedTitle+" width=250 height=600");
print(quotedTitle, "this is text ...");
print(quotedTitle, "Note that the tab appears as a spaCe>\t<");
print(quotedTitle, "the 2nd row");
waitForUser("Change the table if you can (only deleting of lines possible)");

selectWindow(title);
s=getInfo("window.contents");
s1=replace(s, "C", "c");
s2=replace(s1, "i", "I");
print(quotedTitle,"\\Clear");
print(quotedTitle,s2);

For true text windows, printing "\\Clear" does not work, so you cannot modify its contents, only read it via s=getInfo("window.contents"); and append to it by 'print'.

Michael
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On Apr 20, 2012, at 03:30, MR wrote:

> Dear IJ users,
>
> I would like to build my results table in a way that would include couple of text columns (file name, date, time, camera name, etc). This didn't work since only the label column can include text. So I'm attempting to edit the results as text after saving the file but the text editing isn't macro-recordable or at least didn't record anything in my attempts.
>
> Could someone give me couple of hints on how to script text editing commands? Something like "find and replace" would be most useful.
>
> Best Regadrs,
>
> Maciej Rudzinski

[Maciej Rudzinski]

Hi Michael,

This is what i was looking for, a very simple edit and works great. Thank  
you so much for the hint and explanations.

Best Regards,
Maciej Rudzinski

-----Original message-----
From: Michael Schmid <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 06:37:53 MST
Subject: Re: Results Table edits

Hi Maciej,

you can get the contents of a 'Table' window (if it is the front window) by  
getInfo("window.contents").
If it isn't, use selectWindow(title) to bring it to the foreground.
Then you can manipulate that String, e.g. with replace(string, old, new),  
and you may use 'print' to write it back.
Restriction: a Table window has only one column; tab characters appear as  
spaces.

title="my table";
quotedTitle = "["+title+"]"
run("Table...", "name="+quotedTitle+" width=250 height=600");
print(quotedTitle, "this is text ...");
print(quotedTitle, "Note that the tab appears as a spaCe>\t
print(quotedTitle, "the 2nd row");
waitForUser("Change the table if you can (only deleting of lines  
possible)");

selectWindow(title);
s=getInfo("window.contents");
s1=replace(s, "C", "c");
s2=replace(s1, "i", "I");
print(quotedTitle,"\\Clear");
print(quotedTitle,s2);

For true text windows, printing "\\Clear" does not work, so you cannot  
modify its contents, only read it via s=getInfo("window.contents"); and  
append to it by 'print'.

Michael
________________________________________________________________
On Apr 20, 2012, at 03:30, MR wrote:

> Dear IJ users,
>
> I would like to build my results table in a way that would include couple  
of text columns (file name, date, time, camera name, etc). This didn't work  
since only the label column can include text. So I'm attempting to edit the  
results as text after saving the file but the text editing isn't  
macro-recordable or at least didn't record anything in my attempts.
>
> Could someone give me couple of hints on how to script text editing  
commands? Something like "find and replace" would be most useful.
>
> Best Regadrs,
>
> Maciej Rudzinski