Interfacing with external programs

Posted by Andy Weller on May 21, 2007; 5:46pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Interfacing-with-external-programs-tp3697548.html

Dear all,

Time, and help, permitting I am trying to write a plugin that can
interface with external programs ("libraries"). Basically, I would like
to control our SEM through ImageJ, ultimately in an automated fashion.

Our SEM's documentation says that it's control software has "a dll
library through which external control is routed. This provides a
docu­men­ted set of functions which third-party applications can use to
control the SEM." There is a library for both 16 bit or 32 bit
interfacing, which have an associated header file.

I am a little out of depth here and really have no idea at present
whether such a thing is feasible!?

Does anyone have any experience, pointers, suggestions in doing such things?

Alternatively, does anyone know of any competent coders who may be able
to do this for us (with potential payment)? If they do, they can contact
me off-list.

Thanks, Andy