Re: Load external plugin programmatically

Posted by Thomas Lenoir on Oct 31, 2007; 11:08pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Load-external-plugin-programmatically-tp3698112p3698116.html

Actually, I really need all the stuff ImageJ offers, I'll mainly do  
image processing on these images.
Thanks again.

Thomas

Le 31 oct. 07 à 22:30, Curtis Rueden a écrit :

> Hi Thomas,
>
> Sure, that's one way to do it. But you can also just get BufferedImage
> objects directly from an ImageReader and do whatever you want with
> them. Java provides lots of functionality related to BufferedImages,
> including the ability to paint them directly to a Graphics object, so
> you should be able to use them in a variety of ways within your
> application without using anything from the loci.plugins packages.
>
> -Curtis
>
> On 10/31/07, Thomas Lenoir <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Thanks for your help Curtis ! I'm in the standalone case and I've
>> managed to display my .zvi images via an ImagePlusWrapper and it  
>> seems
>> to work.
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>> Le 31 oct. 07 à 20:33, Curtis Rueden a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>
>>> You say your program is an "application." Does that mean it is a
>>> standalone program? Or are you writing a plugin or macro for ImageJ?
>>> If writing a macro,  you can use the Bio-Formats Macro Extensions.  
>>> For
>>> a plugin, you should be able to just import the appropriate
>>> loci.formats.* classes in your plugin code as long as both
>>> loci_tools.jar and your plugin are in the ImageJ plugins folder.
>>>
>>> If your application is really standalone and does not depend on
>>> ImageJ, then you can instead follow the directions on the Bio-
>>> Formats
>>> web site at <http://www.loci.wisc.edu/ome/formats.html> for "Using
>>> Bio-Formats as a library" without involving ImageJ at all (unless  
>>> you
>>> are making use of ImageJ's image processing capabilities elsewhere  
>>> in
>>> your app). In particular I suggest you take a look at the "Using
>>> Bio-Formats Guide" available at
>>> <https://skyking.microscopy.wisc.edu/svn/java/trunk/loci/formats/doc/using-bioformats.txt
>>>>
>>> and linked from the web site.
>>>
>>> -Curtis
>>>
>>> On 10/31/07, Thomas Lenoir <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently writing an application to process .zvi files and I'd
>>>> like to know how to load loci plugins
>>>> programmatically ?
>>>> I know where to place loci_tools.jar in order to view .zvi files
>>>> with the ImageJ app, but I haven't found
>>>> anything on how to load external plugins from java.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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