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Arne Seitz-2

Run a macro from a plugin

Dear all,

I'm facing a problem when I want to run a macro from a plugin an passing an
argument to it (e.g. the name of the file to open).

Doing this from another macro works pretty well with the following code:

runMacro("path+MacroName","path+ImageName");

My maybe rather naive idea was to do the same thing via the following plugin:

import ij.IJ;
import ij.plugin.PlugIn;

public class AMacroTest_ implements PlugIn {
public void run(String arg) {
IJ.runMacro("path+MacroName","path+ImageName");
}
}

But if I do so I get a "Macro error","Undefined variable in line 1". This is
a little bit puzzling for me, because the identical macro is not causing a
problem when called from a macro.

I appreciate any suggestions how to run a macro from a plugin and passing
and argument.

Cheers Arne

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Arne Seitz
Advanced Light Microscopy Facility
EMBL Heidelberg

jmutterer

Re: Run a macro from a plugin

Arne,
You should use IJ.runMacroFile(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String arg)
IJ.runMacro runs a macro string, not a macro file.

Jerome.

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Arne Seitz <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm facing a problem when I want to run a macro from a plugin an passing an
> argument to it (e.g. the name of the file to open).
>
> Doing this from another macro works pretty well with the following code:
>
> runMacro("path+MacroName","path+ImageName");
>
> My maybe rather naive idea was to do the same thing via the following plugin:
>
> import ij.IJ;
> import ij.plugin.PlugIn;
>
> public class AMacroTest_ implements PlugIn {
> public void run(String arg) {
> IJ.runMacro("path+MacroName","path+ImageName");
> }
> }
>
> But if I do so I get a "Macro error","Undefined variable in line 1". This is
> a little bit puzzling for me, because the identical macro is not causing a
> problem when called from a macro.
>
> I appreciate any suggestions how to run a macro from a plugin and passing
> and argument.
>
> Cheers Arne
>
> ___________________________________
> Arne Seitz
> Advanced Light Microscopy Facility
> EMBL Heidelberg
>

Arne Seitz-2

Re: Run a macro from a plugin

Now it works fine!
Thanks for your help Jerome

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] Im Auftrag von
Jerome Mutterer
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. September 2008 14:34
An: [hidden email]
Betreff: Re: Run a macro from a plugin

Arne,
You should use IJ.runMacroFile(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String arg)
IJ.runMacro runs a macro string, not a macro file.

Jerome.

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Arne Seitz <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm facing a problem when I want to run a macro from a plugin an passing
an
> argument to it (e.g. the name of the file to open).
>
> Doing this from another macro works pretty well with the following code:
>
> runMacro("path+MacroName","path+ImageName");
>
> My maybe rather naive idea was to do the same thing via the following
plugin:

>
> import ij.IJ;
> import ij.plugin.PlugIn;
>
> public class AMacroTest_ implements PlugIn {
> public void run(String arg) {
> IJ.runMacro("path+MacroName","path+ImageName");
> }
> }
>
> But if I do so I get a "Macro error","Undefined variable in line 1". This

> a little bit puzzling for me, because the identical macro is not causing a
> problem when called from a macro.
>
> I appreciate any suggestions how to run a macro from a plugin and passing
> and argument.
>
> Cheers Arne
>
> ___________________________________
> Arne Seitz
> Advanced Light Microscopy Facility
> EMBL Heidelberg
>