On Jan 3, 2010, at 12:45 PM, David Webster wrote:
> Wayne/Al,
>
> I did this "imagej -macro Random_Ovals" but get the error message
> "macro or script not found".
There has to be a file named Random_Ovals.txt in the ImageJ/macros folder, or the macro file can be anywhere if you specify the full file path.
> I was looking for something that would run
> my Java Plugin (i.e a class file) from the command line. If I can do this,
> it is not immediately obvious how to from the documentation.
You can run the plugin My_Plugin.class from the command line using a command like
imagej -run "My Plugin"
where "My Plugin" is the command in the Plugins menu that runs the plugin.
> Specifically, I can easily compile Plugins using the JCreator IDEI can even
> run them to a limited extent using my own runner program with a main().
> But I would like to do it with ImageJ.java so that I can have full
> functionality.
>
> David
>
> P.S. I sent this to the group as it seems to be of general interest.
>
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Wayne Rasband <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>>> I tried running "imagej -batch Random_Ovals" and "imagej
>>> -batch Random_Ovals.class" from the command line in a
>>> Windows command prompt window, but nothig happens in the
>>> first case, and in the second I get a macro error. The
>>> documentation in Plugins/Programming Examples/Command Line
>>> Example says this should work with a Plugin. What am I doing
>>> wrong?
>>>
>>> David Webster
>>
>> Running "imagej -batch Random_Ovals" from the command line does not appear
>> to do anything because -batch runs a macro in batch mode, and images are not
>> displayed in batch mode. Instead, use "imagej -macro Random_Ovals". "imagej
>> -batch Random_Ovals.class" does not work because -batch only runs macros.
>> Instead, use "imagej -run "Random Ovals". All of the ImageJ command line
>> options are described at
>>
>>
http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/docs/install/linux.html#options>>
>> -wayne
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