Re: Problem with automatic saves in a macro.

Posted by Michael Schmid on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Problem-with-automatic-saves-in-a-macro-tp3693854p3693856.html

Hi Noel,

the square brackets are too much, it should be simply

path=directory+name;
...
saveAs("measurements", path);

You need the square brackets only if the string is part of the  
arguments in a "run" command. There it is a delimiter of a string  
inside the arguments string.
e.g.
run("myPlugin", "size=17 file=[/tmp/file with blanks]");

---

ArgumentPassingDemo macro:

It seems that the "Analyze Writer" was an old plugin that is obsolete  
now.


Michael
________________________________________________________________

On 4 Feb 2009, at 23:02, Goldsmith, Noel wrote:

> Hi,
> I am (have) written a macro which selects part of an image and then  
> analyzes
> particles and then saves the data file, and then repeats on another  
> part of
> the image.
>  The macro runs, but saves nothing. No file anywhere that I can  
> find. Also
> no errors.
> I have worked around the problem for the job at hand by instituting  
> a manual
> save at the end of all the analyze particle operations by leaving  
> out clear
> in the set measurements dialog. Which in fact is better for my work  
> anyway
> but... It should work.
>
> Here is a version that runs but saves nothing.
>
> I am running 1.42g on an Intel Macpro running 10.5.5 or 10.5.6.
> This is the macro, cut down to keep it simple.. And I changed the  
> path to
> the desktop, as was used in the examples.
>
>
> xl=10;
> wi=0;
> yt=0;
> for (i=0;i<11; i+=1) {
> xl=10+i*34;
> wi=34;
> yt=0;
> directory= "/Users/goldsmin/desktop/";
> name="col" +toString(i)+".txt";
> path="["+directory+name+"]";
> makeRectangle(xl,yt,wi,2048);
> run("Analyze Particles...", "size=0-Infinity circularity=0.00-1.00
> show=Nothing clear display include record");
> saveAs("measurements", path);
> }
>
>
> If anyone can tell me what stupidity I  am committing I will be  
> grateful.
> Thank you.
>
> PS the example macro "ArgumentPassingDemo
>
> // This macro demonstrates how to use string concatenation to
> // pass  variables  to commands called using the run() function.
> // It creates an image, sets the scale to 150 pixels/mm, rotates
> // 25 degrees, and saves in Analyze format. Note that the file
> // path must be enclosed in brackets because of the space in
> // the image name.
>
> name = "Test Image";
> directory = "/Users/wayne/Desktop/";
> width = 400;
> height = 300;
> scale = 150; // 150 pixels/mm
> unit = "mm";
> angle = 25;
> newImage(name, "8-bit ramp", width, height, 1);
> run("Set Scale...", "distance="+scale+" known=1 pixel=1 unit="+unit);
> run("Arbitrarily...", "interpolate  angle="+angle);
> path = "["+ directory +name+"]";
> run("Analyze Writer", "save="+path);
>
> Will not finish, it objects about Analyze Writer. Which I couldn't  
> find
> anywhere.
> I confess to being puzzled.
>
>
>
>
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