Re: order of file names

Posted by Bill Mohler on Jan 18, 2008; 9:38pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/order-of-file-names-tp3697524p3697529.html

My experience has also been good with Import Image Seq.

Is it a difficulty with cross-platform OSs that makes it impossible
to make drag/drop stack building work the same as Import Image Seq.
It would be mighty convenient if it worked the same!

Bill

>use teh File/Import Image Seq routine where it will sort the files
>correctly if you stick to the default of 'sort numerically'. I have
>had similar bad luck with drap/drop stacks but the import routine
>works
>
>
>John Alexander wrote:
>>This is really frustrating - but I have 3 folders
>>cy2
>>cy3
>>cy5
>>and in each folder there are 40 files in the form of NAME_#_CHANNEL
>>where "channel" is either cy2, cy3, or cy5 and # goes from 1 to 40.
>>
>>So I drag the folder onto imageJ and it asks me if I want to open all
>>the files in a stack.
>>
>>That is exactly what I want to do.
>>
>>I do this for all three folders - and the file order is not the same
>>between the stacks.
>>
>>What aspects of a filename dictate the file order?  Considering that hte
>>file names are exact and only differ by the tag on the end - is there
>>anything I can do?
>>
>>The only solution I have found is to open the folder and highlight all
>>the files and drag them all onto imageJ.  Then run Convert Images to Stack
>>I repeat this with the 3 folders and then I have 3 stacks with the same
>>file order.
>>But it would be far more convenient to not have to do this.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>PS - I am running Suse linus 10.2 with ImageJ 1.39J and java 1.6.0
>>
>>This problem has been occurring with all previous ImageJ versions and
>>previous Java versions.
>>
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