Thanks Curtis.
This is exactly what I need.
Best
Lai
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Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:41 AM
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Subject: Re: question on opening Leica .lif file
Hi Lai,
> Is there a simple way or macro function to know the number of dataset
> in a .lif file without opening all of them?
Here's a macro:
run("Bio-Formats Macro Extensions");
file = File.openDialog("Choose a file"); Ext.setId(file); Ext.getSeriesCount(seriesCount); showMessage("Dataset has " + seriesCount + " images");
Regards,
Curtis
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Lai Ding <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a question regarding LOCI open Leica .lif file.
>
> Is there a simple way or macro function to know the number of
> dataset in a .lif file without opening all of them?
>
> I have some very large .lif file, I would like to open each
> individual dataset (labeled "series_x" ) in .lif file and save it as
> Tiff format. I like to write a macro to do this task, but need to
> know the total number of dataset for the "for" loop.
>
> currently I just open them all, and get the number from "nImages",
> however sometimes the .lif is so big, that the RAM is not enough to
> handle the file.
>
> Thanks
> Lai
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