Re: Stack Label bug in macro

Posted by Glen MacDonald-2 on
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Thanks Theresa,
My internal proof reader seems increasingly incompetent!  I had also left out “=“ on the following line for time, which was perfectly working to give ‘0’ seconds for the initial time.


Glen MacDonald
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> On Jun 15, 2016, at 11:45 AM, Swayne, Theresa C. <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Hi Glen,
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> I think there was an “=“ somehow missing in “starting 1".
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> Try this (you might have to replace the automatic curly quotes with normal ones):
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> run("Label...", "format=0 starting=1 interval=1 x=5 y=24 font=24 text=[ Frames] range=1-1000 use”);
>
> This line labels the first frame (using the Mitosis sample) with 1 as desired. But unfortunately, when I use the overlay option, I get the same label on every frame instead of an incremented label. This seems to be an overlay-specific issue that was discussed recently on this thread<https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1606&L=IMAGEJ&D=0&1=IMAGEJ&9=A&J=on&d=No+Match;Match;Matches&z=4&P=29225>:
> https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1606&L=IMAGEJ&D=0&1=IMAGEJ&9=A&J=on&d=No+Match%3BMatch%3BMatches&z=4&P=29225
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> If you can use a burned-on label instead of the overlay, the label will increment properly. (Remove the “use” option.)
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> Hope this helps.
> Theresa
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>
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> On Jun 15, 2016, at 2:22 PM, Glen MacDonald <[hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
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> Hello,
> Instructing the Image>Stacks>Label… command to print frame number on a stack, starting with ‘1’, records as this:
> run("Label...","format=0 starting 1 interval=1 x=5 y=24 font=24 text=[ Frames] range=1-1000 use”);
> The Label… preview displays correctly the first slice labeled as ‘1’.
>
> However, running this line in a macro prints ‘0’ on the first frame.
> I can work around it, but is an inconsistency.
>
> Regards,
> Glen MacDonald
> Digital Microscopy Center
> Box 357923
> University of Washington
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