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This one did the trick. I didn't know about the call functions in
macros. A newbe will not trip over it in any of the documentation,
which is pretty thin. I looked at the Call Demo program by Johannes
> Hi Ben,
>
> in a macro you could try something like this:
>
> myDirectory = "/home/ben/inputfiles1/";
> call("ij.io.OpenDialog.setDefaultDirectory", myDirectory);
>
> The separator (slash) at the end of myDirectory is optional.
>
> You can also get the current default:
> currentDirectory = call("ij.io.OpenDialog.getDefaultDirectory");
>
> Michael
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> On 6 Nov 2008, at 16:29, Ben G wrote:
>
> > Mathais,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > In macro language, the two functions you mentioned are
> > dir = getDirectory("Choose a Directory ");
> > list = getFileList(dir);
> >
> > Unfortunately, these are not what I am after. These will show and
> > list
> > files in a directory after you have chosen the directory. Maybe I
> > was not
> > clear about what I need.
> >
> > I don't want to choose the directory. I want the open file
> > commands to go
> > directly to a specific folder that I already know the address of,
> > and let me
> > pick a file from that folder. I need to switch back and forth
> > between a
> > Data Files folder and an Image Files folder. I don't want to have to
> > navigate back and forth between folders, I want the appropriate
> > folder open
> > for me to select a file.
> >
> > I have tried to set the path to the folder using
> >
> > dir=getDirectory("/path to folderA or B"),
> >
> > but it doesn't work. It takes me to whatever the last folder was,
> > it doesn't
> > seem to read the path I put inside.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mathias Dotzel wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Ben,
> >>
> >> this code helped me doing similar things.
> >>
> >> String directoryPath = IJ.getDirectory("Select source folder...");
> >> String[] list = new File(directoryPath).list();
> >>
> >> In list you can find all names of the files that are found in the
> >> folder.
> >>
> >> Mathias.
> >>
> >> Am 05.11.2008 um 19:25 schrieb Ben G:
> >>
> >>> I have a simple task that I can't get to work.
> >>>
> >>> I want to read images from folder 1 and read data files from
> >>> folder 2.
> >>>
> >>> When I open the get image file dialog, I want it to point to the
> >>> images
> >>> folder.
> >>> When I open the get data file dialog, I want it to point to the data
> >>> files folder.
> >>>
> >>> So far, no luck.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
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