date chooser

[Jim Passmore-2]

Hi all,
I'm writing a Jython script to do some measurements, and save the results,
and need the capability to prompt the user for a date (in addition to
sample ID, etc.).

Does anyone have or know of a simple date chooser that would work with the
AWT toolkit included with ImageJ?  I could add 3 "drop-downs" for year,
month, and day to a generic dialog, but I'd really like to find something
like a single jar file with a calendar-style display implemented in
Java/AWT, that I could simply import and use.

Thanks,

*--
Jim Passmore*
Research Associate
Sealed Air Corporation

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[Gareth Howell]

Hi Jim,

Maybe the Clock.txt macro in the IJ resources/macro directory would give you some inspiration?

Best

Gareth

[C Heeney]

Googling "Java Date Chooser" and following one or two links yields this:

http://www.roseindia.net/tutorial/java/swing/datePicker.html


It's functional more than it is pretty. Shouldn't take much to adapt to your needs.

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[ctrueden]

Hi Jim,

> Does anyone have or know of a simple date chooser that would work with
> the AWT toolkit included with ImageJ?

For what it's worth, I just added support for java.util.Date objects to
ImageJ2 [1]. So now in an ImageJ2 command you can write:

    @Parameter
    private Date myDate;

...and it will be automatically harvested from the user before the command
is executed. (See the HelloWorld example [2] for an intro to ImageJ2
commands.)

The support uses JDatePicker [3], which provides a fairly simple Swing
widget (i.e., compatible with AWT) for selecting dates. The project is a
single JAR file with no dependencies, and available from Maven Central.

Of course, I know this doesn't help you directly with a Jython script
intended for use in ImageJ1. But I wanted to let you know that you inspired
an improvement to ImageJ2, which will make this sort of thing easier in the
future.

Regards,
Curtis

[1]
https://github.com/imagej/imagej/commit/17416aa74557f2f06a5233538920ba74c50f7def
[2]
https://github.com/imagej/imagej-tutorials/blob/master/simple-commands/src/main/java/HelloWorld.java
[3] http://jdatepicker.org/


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Jim Passmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm writing a Jython script to do some measurements, and save the results,
> and need the capability to prompt the user for a date (in addition to
> sample ID, etc.).
>
> Does anyone have or know of a simple date chooser that would work with the
> AWT toolkit included with ImageJ?  I could add 3 "drop-downs" for year,
> month, and day to a generic dialog, but I'd really like to find something
> like a single jar file with a calendar-style display implemented in
> Java/AWT, that I could simply import and use.
>
> Thanks,
>
> *--
> Jim Passmore*
> Research Associate
> Sealed Air Corporation
>
> --
> ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html
>

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[Jim Passmore-2]

Curtis,

> The support uses JDatePicker [3], which provides a fairly simple Swing
> widget (i.e., compatible with AWT) for selecting dates. The project is a
> single JAR file with no dependencies, and available from Maven Central.

A bit of a delay, but I wanted to thank you for this link.  I had
looked at several Java "date pickers" but hadn't found one as simple
to drop in and use as this one.

>
> Of course, I know this doesn't help you directly with a Jython script
> intended for use in ImageJ1. But I wanted to let you know that you inspired
> an improvement to ImageJ2, which will make this sort of thing easier in the
> future.
>
...
> [3] http://jdatepicker.org/

Actually, it *did* help directly.  I put the jar into my Fiji.app/jars
directory, then was able to call it in jython.  Works like a charm.
I've copied example code below in case someone wants to use it, or
adapt to one of the other scripting languages.  (Watch for line
breaks!)

Thanks again,
Jim

========================================================

from javax.swing import JFrame
from net.sourceforge.jdatepicker import JDateComponentFactory

class DatePicker(JFrame):
    def __init__(self, win_title):
        self.panel = JDateComponentFactory().createJDatePanel()
        self.panel.setShowYearButtons(True)
        self.getContentPane().add(self.panel)
        self.setTitle(win_title)
        self.setSize(300,250)
        self.setAlwaysOnTop(True)


    def get_date(self):
        months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul',
'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
        self.setVisible(True)
        while self.isShowing():
            day, month, year = self.panel.getModel().getDay(),
self.panel.getModel().getMonth(), self.panel.getModel().getYear()

        self.dispose()
        return str(day) + '-' + months[month] + '-' + str(year)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    my_date = DatePicker('Date collected')
    print "date = " + my_date.get_date()


========================================================




On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Curtis Rueden <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Hi Jim,
>
> > Does anyone have or know of a simple date chooser that would work with
> > the AWT toolkit included with ImageJ?
>
> For what it's worth, I just added support for java.util.Date objects to
> ImageJ2 [1]. So now in an ImageJ2 command you can write:
>
>     @Parameter
>     private Date myDate;
>
> ...and it will be automatically harvested from the user before the command
> is executed. (See the HelloWorld example [2] for an intro to ImageJ2
> commands.)
>
> The support uses JDatePicker [3], which provides a fairly simple Swing
> widget (i.e., compatible with AWT) for selecting dates. The project is a
> single JAR file with no dependencies, and available from Maven Central.
>
> Of course, I know this doesn't help you directly with a Jython script
> intended for use in ImageJ1. But I wanted to let you know that you inspired
> an improvement to ImageJ2, which will make this sort of thing easier in the
> future.
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/imagej/imagej/commit/17416aa74557f2f06a5233538920ba74c50f7def
> [2]
> https://github.com/imagej/imagej-tutorials/blob/master/simple-commands/src/main/java/HelloWorld.java
> [3] http://jdatepicker.org/
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Jim Passmore <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I'm writing a Jython script to do some measurements, and save the results,
> > and need the capability to prompt the user for a date (in addition to
> > sample ID, etc.).
> >
> > Does anyone have or know of a simple date chooser that would work with the
> > AWT toolkit included with ImageJ?  I could add 3 "drop-downs" for year,
> > month, and day to a generic dialog, but I'd really like to find something
> > like a single jar file with a calendar-style display implemented in
> > Java/AWT, that I could simply import and use.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > *--
> > Jim Passmore*
> > Research Associate
> > Sealed Air Corporation
> >
> > --
> > ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html
> >
>
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