getDirectory problem on Windows Vista Business

[mnqslbs2]

Hello,

I need help.  I have searched the forum but cannot find a solution to this
problem.

We can't get the following macro to work with Windows Vista Business (Works
fine on XP):

  dir1 = getDirectory("Choose Source Directory ");

We have confirmed that varitions on the marco work such as:

  dir1 = getDirectory("image");

and

  dir1 = getDirectory("temp");

But cannot get the choose directory macro to run.  Does anyone have any
suggestions/solutions.

I look forward to your replies.

Ben

[Gabriel Landini]

On Friday 04 May 2007 12:41:07 Ben Sutcliffe wrote:
> I need help.  I have searched the forum but cannot find a solution to this
> problem.
>
> We can't get the following macro to work with Windows Vista Business (Works
> fine on XP):
>
>   dir1 = getDirectory("Choose Source Directory ");

What would you name a directory "Choose Source Directory"?

Maybe you want:
dir1 = getDirectory(getString("Choose Source Directory ", ""));


Cheers,

G.

[mnqslbs2]

Hi Wayne

Thank you that did the trick it works fine now.

Regards

Ben

On 04/05/07, Wayne Rasband <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Ben,
>
> What version of Java are you using? Java 1.6 may work more reliably on
> Vista. Instructions for upgrading are at
>
>     http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/install/windows.html#upgrade
>
> -wayne
>
>
> On May 4, 2007, at 7:41 AM, Ben Sutcliffe wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need help.  I have searched the forum but cannot find a solution to
> > this
> > problem.
> >
> > We can't get the following macro to work with Windows Vista Business
> > (Works
> > fine on XP):
> >
> >   dir1 = getDirectory("Choose Source Directory ");
> >
> > We have confirmed that varitions on the marco work such as:
> >
> >   dir1 = getDirectory("image");
> >
> > and
> >
> >   dir1 = getDirectory("temp");
> >
> > But cannot get the choose directory macro to run.  Does anyone have any
> > suggestions/solutions.
> >
> > I look forward to your replies.
> >
> > Ben
> >
>

[Wayne Rasband]

JFileChooser, used by the getDirectory() macro function, does not work
with Java 1.5 on Vista. You need to upgrade to Java 1.6. Instructions
are available at

      http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/install/windows.html#upgrade

-wayne

On May 4, 2007, at 7:41 AM, Ben Sutcliffe wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I need help.  I have searched the forum but cannot find a solution to
> this
> problem.
>
> We can't get the following macro to work with Windows Vista Business
> (Works
> fine on XP):
>
>   dir1 = getDirectory("Choose Source Directory ");
>
> We have confirmed that varitions on the marco work such as:
>
>   dir1 = getDirectory("image");
>
> and
>
>   dir1 = getDirectory("temp");
>
> But cannot get the choose directory macro to run.  Does anyone have any
> suggestions/solutions.
>
> I look forward to your replies.
>
> Ben
>

[Gabriel Landini]

> >   dir1 = getDirectory("Choose Source Directory ");

I was very wrong in the assumption that "Choose..." was the name of a
directory.
I forgot that if one uses it this way the functions calls the file chooser
dialog.
Sorry for the misunderstanding!
Cheers,

G.