Re: Launching ImageJ from external program

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Jan 16, 2006; 8:00pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Launching-ImageJ-from-external-program-tp3703994p3703998.html

> I use Irfanview to view a directory as thumbnails on my W2000  
> machine.  I'd like to select an image then launch ImageJ.  
> Irfanview has the ability to run an external image editor.  This  
> feature works with "native" windows programs, but fails with  
> ImageJ, giving an error that complains about missing ImageJ.cfg and  
> launcher.cfg files.  Does anyone know what is going on and if there  
> is a fix?

The ImageJ Windows launcher (ImageJ.exe) expects its configuration  
file (ImageJ.cfg) to be in the current directory. Someone familiar  
with C++ could modify the launcher to look for the configuration file  
in the c:\Program Files\ImageJ directory if it can't find it in the  
current directory. The C++ source code for the launcher is available at

   http://www.rolemaker.dk/nonRoleMaker/javalauncher/ 
marner_java_launcher.htm

This fix would also allow extension associations (i.e.,  
assigning .tif to Image) to work.

-wayne