call to my plugin from other one

[gadea]

Hi, i'm starting with ImageJ. I have done a plugin and I'm creating other one. I want to call from second plugin to first one.

The first plugin is in the Plugins folder.

When I do "IJ.run("plugin1");" the ImageJ shows me the next error message: "Unrecognized command: plugin1".

How can I do to call my plugin from other one?

Thanks,

Gadea

Sorry by my English.

[Juanjo Vega]

Hi Gadea,

The way to call a plugin from another one is exactly as you are doing: "IJ.run(<your_first_plugin>)". Please, check upper and lower case.

Otherwise, check that the plugin you are trying to call is in the plugins menu, otherwise it might not been accessing the plugins folder properly.

Also, if you are running it from any IDE like Netbeans or Eclipse, then you need to specify the path to the plugins folder in "plugins.dir" property like:

public class Main {

    static {
        System.setProperty("plugins.dir", "/home/juanjo/Desktop/ImageJ/plugins");
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        new ImageJ();

        String filename = "/Volumes/Data/jvega/Desktop/RobertoSpada/BL6_NKp461-32.tif";
        IJ.open(filename);
    }
}

Please, not that this is only useful for debugging, saving time copying plugin to imagej folder and so on.
 Don't forget to remove that when development is completed.

I hope those ideas will be useful.

Sincerely,

Juanjo.

On May 30, 2011, at 1:56 PM, gadea wrote:

> Hi, i'm starting with ImageJ. I have done a plugin and I'm creating other
> one. I want to call from second plugin to first one.
>
> The first plugin is in the Plugins folder.
>
> When I do "IJ.run("plugin1");" the ImageJ shows me the next error message:
> "Unrecognized command: plugin1".
>
> How can I do to call my plugin from other one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gadea
>
> Sorry by my English.
>
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Unidad de Biocomputación. Laboratorio B-13.
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología. CNB-CSIC.
C\ Darwin, 3. Campus de Cantoblanco.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
28049, Madrid, Spain.

http://www.cnb.csic.es
http://www.biocomp.cnb.csic.es

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del Método, René Descartes.

[Michael Schmid]

Hi Gadea,

'IJ.run("plugin1");' will only work if your plugin1 is installed such  
that it is visible in the menus of ImageJ (e.g. if it is in a .jar  
file with appropriate plugins.config). Plugin .class files with an  
underscore in the name get installed on startup if they reside in the  
plugins folder or a subfolder thereof; then the underscore becomes a  
blank in the menu. E.g., if you have plugin_1.class, you need IJ.run
("plugin 1").

What will always work is calling a public method of your plugin1 from  
another plugin (if the two plugins have different 'package'  
statements, you have to specify the full name including the package).

Michael
________________________________________________________________

On 30 May 2011, at 13:56, gadea wrote:

> Hi, i'm starting with ImageJ. I have done a plugin and I'm creating  
> other
> one. I want to call from second plugin to first one.
>
> The first plugin is in the Plugins folder.
>
> When I do "IJ.run("plugin1");" the ImageJ shows me the next error  
> message:
> "Unrecognized command: plugin1".
>
> How can I do to call my plugin from other one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gadea

[Nathaniel Ryckman]

gadea wrote

Hi, i'm starting with ImageJ. I have done a plugin and I'm creating other one. I want to call from second plugin to first one.

The first plugin is in the Plugins folder.

When I do "IJ.run("plugin1");" the ImageJ shows me the next error message: "Unrecognized command: plugin1".

How can I do to call my plugin from other one?

Thanks,

Gadea

Sorry by my English.

If you are designing both plugins, remember that it's always good to stay object-oriented :-)!

Example from imageJ's EDM class:

private MaximumFinder maxFinder = new MaximumFinder();    //we use only one MaximumFinder (nice progress bar)
   

[gadea]

Hi!

I've tried these solutions, but nothing.

The first plugin saves in the plugin folder in ImageJ. The second plugin is this:

public class Plugin_2 implements PlugIn {

    public void run (String arg){
       
       IJ.run("Plugin_1");
     
    }
}

I've tried with only name the plugin, with the path, ... I haven't more ideas!
I'm trying with threads ande the command syncronized but I don't get anything.

Could be that I can't call a plugin with the command "run" if the plugin is saved in the plugin folder?

thanks for advanced,

Gadea M.M.

[Juanjo Vega]

Gadea,

I'm not sure if this will fix the problem at last, but according to the sample code you are showing, you are not doing what Michael said:

"f you have plugin_1.class, you need IJ.run("plugin 1")."

I mean, you must replace the underscore by a blank space, it is: IJ.run("Plugin 1");

And plugins must be stored at the plugins folder. If you can see them at the plugins menu, then they are installed correctly. In fact, you should check that to discard installation errors. If you can invoke them from the menu, then you must be able to do the same from a plugin.

Sincerely,

Juanjo.

On Jun 1, 2011, at 1:29 PM, gadea wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I've tried these solutions, but nothing.
>
> The first plugin saves in the plugin folder in ImageJ. The second plugin is
> this:
>
> public class Plugin_2 implements PlugIn {
>
>    public void run (String arg){
>
>       IJ.run("Plugin_1");
>
>    }
> }
>
> I've tried with only name the plugin, with the path, ... I haven't more
> ideas!
> I'm trying with threads ande the command syncronized but I don't get
> anything.
>
> Could be that I can't call a plugin with the command "run" if the plugin is
> saved in the plugin folder?
>
> thanks for advanced,
>
> Gadea M.M.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://imagej.588099.n2.nabble.com/call-to-my-plugin-from-other-one-tp6418716p6426501.html
> Sent from the ImageJ mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

------------------------------------------------------------
Juanjo Vega ([hidden email])

Unidad de Biocomputación. Laboratorio B-13.
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología. CNB-CSIC.
C\ Darwin, 3. Campus de Cantoblanco.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
28049, Madrid, Spain.

http://www.cnb.csic.es
http://www.biocomp.cnb.csic.es

[phone]

"Las mejores almas son capaces de los mayores vicios como de las mayores
virtudes, y aquellos que caminan despacio por el camino recto pueden
llegar más lejos que los que corren pero se apartan de él." - Discurso
del Método, René Descartes.

[gadea]

Hi Juanjo!!

Thanks!!! I don't understand the first time!! it was the underscore!!! thanks for you quick answer!!!

The plugin work perfectly now.


;)

Gadea