Apologies for the long delay in reply.
Davis\Marina\pIL+Psfl-test4_20160126_120201\pIL+Psfl-test4_t0000_w0000_tt0000.tif
clear about what the problem is.
> Hi Curtis,
>
> Thank you for your response. When I follow your instructions, and I check
> the "Group files with similar names" option and press OK, I receive the
> following error:
>
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: E:\File and Library
> Storage\Desktop\USERS\Jessica
>
> Davis\Marina\pIL+Psfl-test4_20160126_120201\pIL+Psfl-test4_t0000_w0000_tt0000.tif
> (The system cannot find the file specified)
> at java.io.RandomAccessFile.open(Native Method)
> at java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:212)
> at loci.common.NIOFileHandle.<init>(NIOFileHandle.java:123)
> at loci.common.NIOFileHandle.<init>(NIOFileHandle.java:139)
> at loci.common.NIOFileHandle.<init>(NIOFileHandle.java:148)
> at loci.common.Location.getHandle(Location.java:324)
> at loci.common.Location.getHandle(Location.java:294)
> at loci.common.Location.getHandle(Location.java:284)
> at loci.common.Location.getHandle(Location.java:274)
> at loci.common.Location.checkValidId(Location.java:349)
> at loci.formats.ImageReader.getReader(ImageReader.java:173)
> at loci.formats.ImageReader.setId(ImageReader.java:832)
> at loci.formats.ReaderWrapper.setId(ReaderWrapper.java:651)
> at loci.formats.DimensionSwapper.setId(DimensionSwapper.java:293)
> at loci.formats.FileStitcher$ExternalSeries.<init>(FileStitcher.java:1264)
> at loci.formats.FileStitcher.initFile(FileStitcher.java:921)
> at loci.formats.FileStitcher.setId(FileStitcher.java:872)
> at loci.plugins.in.ImportProcess.initializeStack(ImportProcess.java:520)
> at loci.plugins.in.ImportProcess.execute(ImportProcess.java:147)
> at loci.plugins.in.Importer.showDialogs(Importer.java:140)
> at loci.plugins.in.Importer.run(Importer.java:76)
> at loci.plugins.LociImporter.run(LociImporter.java:78)
> at ij.IJ.runUserPlugIn(IJ.java:212)
> at ij.IJ.runPlugIn(IJ.java:176)
> at ij.Executer.runCommand(Executer.java:136)
> at ij.Executer.run(Executer.java:65)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
>
> I am not familiar with computer programming language, so I am unsure what
> this error means. Each one of my files have similar names but would I need
> to change them to a more simple name for this to work?
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jessica
>
> On 26 January 2016 at 15:24, Curtis Rueden <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jessica,
> >
> > > I am looking for help to write a simple macro to open different single
> > > images in the same folder, combine them into a stack, and save the
> > > stack under a different name in a different folder.
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> > * Press L for Command Finder
> > * Check the "Close window after running command" option
> > * Type "Record." and press enter to run the Plugins>Macros>Record...
> > function
> > * Press L again
> > * Type "Bio-Formats", down arrow, enter to run the File > Import >
> > Bio-Formats command
> > * Choose one of your files and press OK.
> > * Check the "Group files with similar names" option of the Bio-Formats
> > Importer Options dialog box.
> > * All your files should open as a single stack
> > * Use the File > Save As menu to save the stack to the desired output
> > format
> > * Now look at your Recorder window. It contains your macro to repeat the
> > process. (You can prune out the "Command Finder" lines; they are
> > unnecessary for the macro to work.)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Curtis
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Jessica Davis <
> >
[hidden email]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > I am looking for help to write a simple macro to open different single
> > > images in the same folder, combine them into a stack, and save the
> stack
> > > under a different name in a different folder.
> > >
> > > The images I want to combine have similar titles. For example:
> > > "w000_t000_tt000" , "w000_t000_tt001" , "w000_t000_tt002"... and
> > > "w001_t000_tt000" , "w001_t000_tt0001" , "w001_t000_tt002" ...
> > >
> > > Can this be done?
> > >
> > > Many thanks.
> > >
> > > Kind Regards,
> > >
> > > Jessica
> > >
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> > > Jessica Davis MSc.
> > >
> > > Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research,
> > > University College Dublin,
> > > Belfield, Dublin 4.
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> University College Dublin,
> Belfield, Dublin 4.
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