Re: Is it possible to open a file and have it sent directly to a plugin?

Posted by JaapK on Dec 14, 2010; 6:21am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Is-it-possible-to-open-a-file-and-have-it-sent-directly-to-a-plugin-tp3686194p3686197.html

Hi Karen,

Ah I see what you would like to do. Unfortunately I don't know how to
accomplish it.

Kind regards,
Jaap Kokorian

2010/12/14 kacollins [via ImageJ]
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> Hi Jaap,
>      Thanks for the feedback. After re-reading my post, I guess my question
> was not formulated very well, so i will give it another try. Ideally, what I
> am looking for is a way to send an ImagePlus directly to a plugin, without
> first displaying it on the screen, when a file has been opened via ImageJ by
> double clicking the file in the OS. I know how to setup the double click to
> open, its the image display I am trying to avoid. I am currently using an
> ImageListener to send opened images to the plugin, but the image flashes on
> the screen first before the plugin takes over. I am guessing there is no way
> to do this, but I have often been surprised by how flexible ImageJ is when
> it comes to customizing one's environment. I thought that maybe there would
> be something like a startup macro trick that I was not aware of.
>     The OpenDialog from within the plugin works well for opening files in
> that manner. It would just be nice to get the same results when a file is
> opened by double clicking.
>
> Thanks again for your input,
> Karen
>
>
>
> On 12/13/2010 7:34 AM, JaapK [via ImageJ] wrote:
>
> Hi Karen,
>
> Do I understand correctly that you want to open an image from within the
> plugin? You can use the OpenDialog to allow the user to select a file, and
> then actually open the image using an ImagePlus constructor:
>
> //display dialog
> OpenDialog od = new OpenDialog("Select image...","");
>
> //get ImagePlus object
> ImagePlus imp = new ImagePlus(od.getDirectory() + od.getFileName());
>
> I hope this solves your problem.
>
> Kind regards,
> Jaap Kokorian
>
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