active mouse within a macro

[Jeremy Adler]

I would like to use the mouse within a macro to select a pair of images to process - I can't see how.

I can give the images names before the macro runs and use the names within the macro, but it would be much less just to select them with the mouse.

Suggestions would be appreciated.



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[Herbie]

Jeremy,

a look at the available macro functions reveals:

        imgID = getImageID();

The explanatory text tells us:
"Returns the unique ID (a negative number) of the active image."

The rest is a question of adequate loops that allow you to activate the
desired images.

HTH

Herbie

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Am 05.11.15 um 16:30 schrieb Jeremy Adler:

>
> I would like to use the mouse within a macro to select a pair of
> images to process - I can't see how.
>
> I can give the images names before the macro runs and use the names
> within the macro, but it would be much less just to select them with
> the mouse.
>
> Suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>
>
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[Christine Labno-2]

Hi Jeremy,

How about a wait for user command?  That would pause the macro and pop up a dialog box instructing the use to click on the desired image and then to click OK in the dialog box.  The clicked image would then be the "current" image, so the macro would do the processing you want, and then you could insert a second wait for user command to pause and allow clicking on the second image to process.  So your code would look like this:

waitForUser("click the first image");

//  code to process first image here

waitForUser("click the second image");

// code to process second image here


Best,
Christine

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Subject: active mouse within a macro

I would like to use the mouse within a macro to select a pair of images to process - I can't see how.

I can give the images names before the macro runs and use the names within the macro, but it would be much less just to select them with the mouse.

Suggestions would be appreciated.



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[gankaku]

Hi Jeremy,

you might be aware of this simple possibility. Nevertheless, I post it
since it might be helpful for others.
Disadvantage is that you additionally need to press Ok after selecting the
image.
A mouse listener would also be a possibility but that might be very
sensitive to accidental clicks.

The following code can be placed anywhere in the macro sequence just before
you need the images to be specified.

//--------------
waitForUser("select image 1");
image1 = getTitle();
waitForUser("select image 2");
image2 = getTitle();

// your macro code using the variable image1 and image2

//---------------

Regards,
Jan

2015-11-05 16:30 GMT+01:00 Jeremy Adler <[hidden email]>:

>
> I would like to use the mouse within a macro to select a pair of images to
> process - I can't see how.
>
> I can give the images names before the macro runs and use the names within
> the macro, but it would be much less just to select them with the mouse.
>
> Suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>
>
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[Ali_]

For this problem, the waitForUser command is perhaps the best solution. Also if you get occasional error messages, you can add a short delay afterwards:
waitForUser(Message);
wait(1);

For other problems, in which stable interaction with mouse is needed, this macro (interactive flow diagram) may be helpful:
http://www.zmbh.de/Central_Services/Imaging_Facility/2D_Imagej_Macros.html#M5

Jeremy Adler wrote

I would like to use the mouse within a macro to select a pair of images to process - I can't see how.

I can give the images names before the macro runs and use the names within the macro, but it would be much less just to select them with the mouse.

Suggestions would be appreciated.



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