Save a single ROI as .roi file from macro

[ben.s.carlson]

Hello,

I'd like to save an ROI as a .roi file from a macro.  I see the functionality to save as a zip, however I only have one roi in the roi manager at a time, so it would be much better to save as a .roi file.

I'm using imageJ version 1.49b.

Here is a snippet of my code.

roiManager("Select", 0); //Only one roi in ROI manager, select it
roiManager("Save Selected", dir + "\\myfile.roi"); //dir is the working directory

I've also tried the "Save" command, but both require that I save the file as .zip.  Is it possible to save just the roi?

Thank you for the help!

Ben

[Aryeh Weiss]

On 6/13/14, 5:13 AM, ben.s.carlson wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'd like to save an ROI as a .roi file from a macro.  I see the
> functionality to save as a zip, however I only have one roi in the roi
> manager at a time, so it would be much better to save as a .roi file.
>
> I'm using imageJ version 1.49b.
>
> Here is a snippet of my code.
>
> roiManager("Select", 0); //Only one roi in ROI manager, select it
> roiManager("Save Selected", dir + "\\myfile.roi"); //dir is the working
> directory
>
> I've also tried the "Save" command, but both require that I save the file as
> .zip.  Is it possible to save just the roi?
>

The following saves the roi as a .roi file.


if (isOpen("ROI Manager")) {
     selectWindow("ROI Manager");
     run("Close");
}
makeRectangle(360, 151, 135, 95);
roiManager("Add");
roiManager("Select", 0);
saveAs("Selection", "/Users/amw1/Desktop/test.roi");

It saves the lone ROI as test.roi

--aryeh

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[Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E]]

On Jun 12, 2014, at 10:13 PM, ben.s.carlson wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'd like to save an ROI as a .roi file from a macro.  I see the
> functionality to save as a zip, however I only have one roi in the roi
> manager at a time, so it would be much better to save as a .roi file.
>
> I'm using imageJ version 1.49b.
>
> Here is a snippet of my code.
>
> roiManager("Select", 0); //Only one roi in ROI manager, select it
> roiManager("Save Selected", dir + "\\myfile.roi"); //dir is the working
> directory
>
> I've also tried the "Save" command, but both require that I save the file as
> .zip.  Is it possible to save just the roi?

Use the saveAs("Selection",path) macro function. Here is an example that saves the first ROI in the ROI Manager as a .roi file in the user's home directory.

  roiManager("Select", 0);
  dir = getDirectory("home");
  saveAs("Selection", dir+"myfile.roi");

-wayne

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