returning results of plugins within macros

Posted by Frederic V. Hessman on Aug 05, 2008; 12:21pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/returning-results-of-plugins-within-macros-tp3695452.html

I looked at the documentation, but I can't find a way of using the non-
image result of a plugin in a macro.

I want to be able to pull an entry out of a FITS image header and use  
it in a macro, something like

        exposuretime=run("Read FITS Header","image=[] key=[EXPTIME]");

Any ideas?  An alternative would be to be able to use Prefs within a  
macro, e.g.

        run("Read FITS Header", "key=EXPTIME");
        exposuretime=Prefs.get("fits.result");

This functionality would come in handy for other reasons.

Rick

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