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Unfortunately I have to report that HandleExtraFileTypes is broken again on
my rc-5 installation. I can not find "Find Jar For Class" in
Plugins/Utilities. And HandleExtraFileTypes is now listed in the Plugins
> Hello,
>
> HandleExtraFileTypes is working perfectly again. Thank you very much
> Johannes for your help. SCIFIO looks very exciting and I will definitely
> start using it very soon.
> Regards,
> David
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Johannes Schindelin <
>
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sat, 14 Jun 2014, Davíð Þór Bragason wrote:
>>
>> > my plugin opens a special file format. I had a working setup where the
>> > files were opened via HandleExtraFileTypes.class, which I copied to the
>> > plugins directory. After an update a few days ago this no longer works.
>> > Opener gives the following error:
>> >
>> > "File is not in a supported format, a reader plugin is not available, or
>> > it was not found"
>> >
>> > I am running Fiji ImageJ 2.0.0-rc4/1.49b with Java 1.7. Do I have to set
>> > up HandleExtraFileTypes in a different way now? I understand that one of
>> > the last updates was meant to re-enable .class plugins. Thank you very
>> > much for your help.
>>
>> Since rc-5, the "Find Jar For Class" command (in Plugins/Utilities) should
>> work again; use it to verify that your HandleExtraFileTypes class can be
>> found.
>>
>> In the near future, you might want to turn your reader into a SCIFIO
>> reader. That way, *many* more users can benefit from your work. It is
>> pretty easy, just follow the code for the PGM format; I find it pretty
>> self-explanatory myself:
>>
>>
>>
https://github.com/scifio/scifio/blob/master/scifio/src/main/java/io/scif/formats/PGMFormat.java>>
>> Remember, SCIFIO is a stand-alone project for scientific image
>> input/output, it can be used from *every* Java (*1*) project, without
>> making said project depend on ImageJ. And you can add support for your
>> file format by dropping in a .jar file with your reader, no changes in
>> SCIFIO, HandleExtraFileTypes, or any other central place required.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Johannes
>>
>> Footnote *1*: SCIFIO can actually also be used from C++, as the ITK
>> bindings demonstrate:
https://github.com/scifio/scifio-itk-bridge>
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