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> Hi Josh,
>
> how do you determine the correct settings for the import dialog, when you
> do it by hand?
> Is there really no way to automate what you are doing manually?
>
> As I said, the macro could determine the file size, and/or analyze the
> file name. It might even read the beginning of a file if some information
> can be retrieved from a header (binary or text). Or it might read a special
> file from the image directory containing a description of the image files...
>
> Eventually, your HandleExtraFileTypes could forward the raw files to a
> macro or plugin that does all this work...
>
> ----
>
> One more possibility:
>
> The defaults of the ImportDialog are saved in the prefs. See
>
http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/source/ij/io/ImportDialog.java>
> You can use the macro language to read/write the prefs, e.g.
>
> type = call("ij.Prefs.get", "raw.type","8-bit");
> width = parseInt(call("ij.Prefs.get", "raw.width","512"));
>
> and
>
> call("ij.Prefs.set", "raw.type", type);
> call("ij.Prefs.set", "raw.width", toString(width));
>
> Thus, you could build your own set of macros, one for each file type.
> Alternatively, have one macro that asks the user which of many possible
> sets of parameters should be used to initialize the 'import raw' dialog.
>
> Michael
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> On Sep 5, 2013, at 18:04, Josh Doe wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:42 AM, José María Mateos <
[hidden email]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> 2013/9/5 Josh Doe <
[hidden email]>:
> >>> Not sure if I'm the only one that encounters this, but often I'm faced
> >> with
> >>> opening many raw (headerless) files, with several different settings
> >>> (width, height, gap, offset, etc.). To go back and forth between
> >> different
> >>> image sets requires changing these each time.
> >>>
> >>> What about creating a combobox with presets and/or recently used
> >> settings?
> >>> I figure this would entail adding a single combobox, and two buttons
> >> (Save,
> >>> Remove).
> >>
> >> This could be easily accomplished by using a macro, right?
> >>
> >
> > That would be one way to do it, but it would require manually changing
> the
> > macro to point to the file I want to open, and new macros would have to
> be
> > created for every combination of settings. My use case is using
> > File->Import->Raw or drag-and-dropping to open many files with many
> > different settings (I have HandleExtraFileTypes assume a file is raw if
> it
> > fails every other test), which would make the macro approach ineffective.
> >
> > Seeing a similar suggestion from Michael, his idea of having a macro ask
> > for the filename is an improvement, however it still requires managing
> > macros, adding them to shortcuts/toolbars/etc. I see dozens of different
> > settings, including new ones quite frequently, so managing these macros
> and
> > easily going back and forth doesn't seem enjoyable.
> >
> > -Josh
> >
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