Re: Run a macro from a plugin

Posted by jmutterer on Sep 17, 2008; 12:34pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Run-a-macro-from-a-plugin-tp3695057p3695058.html

Arne,
You should use IJ.runMacroFile(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String arg)
IJ.runMacro runs a macro string, not a macro file.

Jerome.


On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Arne Seitz <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm facing a problem when I want to run a macro from a plugin an passing an
> argument to it (e.g. the name of the file to open).
>
> Doing this from another macro works pretty well with the following code:
>
> runMacro("path+MacroName","path+ImageName");
>
> My maybe rather naive idea was to do the same thing via the following plugin:
>
> import ij.IJ;
> import ij.plugin.PlugIn;
>
> public class AMacroTest_ implements PlugIn {
>  public void run(String arg) {
>    IJ.runMacro("path+MacroName","path+ImageName");
>  }
> }
>
> But if I do so I get a "Macro error","Undefined variable in line 1". This is
> a little bit puzzling for me, because the identical macro is not causing a
> problem when called from a macro.
>
> I appreciate any suggestions how to run a macro from a plugin and passing
> and argument.
>
> Cheers Arne
>
> ___________________________________
> Arne Seitz
> Advanced Light Microscopy Facility
> EMBL Heidelberg
>