Setting results table column headings - repost

Posted by Tony Collins-4 on Jan 20, 2009; 1:43pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/setting-results-table-column-headings-tp3693953p3693954.html

Hi Folks,

I'm just reposting this in case it was missed over the vacation - or I wasn't very clear about the problem.

Any suggestions or clarifications? Or is there no solution!

Thanks,

Tony

> Hi,
>
> This is a problem I've had crop up a few times. I've a few plugins that
> output several columns to the Results window. I've been using:
> IJ.setColumnHeadings(headerString) to set the column headers.
>
> However, this results in the results table being 'reset' and cleared
> each time the pluing is run and I lose the data from the previous
> analysis. To avoid this, I have used a 'static boolean headingsSet'
> variable and put the setColumnHeadings in an if-statement.
>
> if(!headingsSet)
> {
> IJ.setColumnHeadings(headerString);
> headingsSet= true;
> }
>
>
> This works so long as the Results window is closed. When it is closed
> and the plugin run again, the column headers are not reset to what I
> want because the headingSet Boolean is true.
>
> A better way for me would be to compare the existing headers in the
> results table with the ones I want to use. I've tried:
>
> String currHeaders = Analyzer.getResultsTable().getColumnHeadings());
>
> ..but it returns a blank string.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>
>
>
> Tony J. Collins, Ph.D.
> McMaster Biophotonics Facility
> Dept. Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences HSC 4H21A
> McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5
> [hidden email]     www.macbiophotonics.ca