Re: ImageJ can't open files from UNC paths

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Jul 13, 2006; 7:31pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-can-t-open-files-from-UNC-paths-tp3702171p3702172.html

On Jul 13, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Burton Windle wrote:

> Hello. I'm trying to support some R&D-types who want to use ImageJ. I
> have installed ImageJ 1.36 with the bundled Java 1.3.1 on a Windows 2k
> Sp4 workstation.
>
> The user is able to open files, but ONLY if they are on the local
> machine. If you try to access a UNC path, such as
> \\server\share\file.tif, ImageJ returns an error ("File is not in
> TIFF, <...> format, or it was not found"). Depending on the network
> location, it'll then either have another line in the msgbox saying the
> wrong path (it says \\server\share\\\server\share\filename.tif when it
> should be \\server\share\filename.tif) or it won't if the path is very
> long. I am attempting to open these files by browsing to them via the
> 'file->open' dialog box.
>
> If you copy that file to the local machine, ImageJ is then able to
> view it. The user has full-permissions to read the file on the server.
>
> I am able to recreate this issue on another workstation (ImageJ 1.36b,
> Java 1.5.0_06, 570k of 640MB, WinXP SP2).
>
> I checked the FAQ, but didn't see anything saying this wasn't
> supported.

I found this in the release notes
(http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/notes.html):

     v1.37a, 17 March 2006
          Fixed a bug that caused opening of images with pathnames
starting with "\\" to fail.

-wayne