Re: Image Import fail silenty with no error when path does not exist

Posted by Wayne Rasband-2 on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Image-Import-fail-silenty-with-no-error-when-path-does-not-exist-tp5021067p5021092.html

> On Aug 10, 2018, at 6:56 AM, Stein Rørvik <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> When attempting to import or open some file in the macro language, the macro aborts with an error if the path does not exist.
> This is at least the case for the following:
>
>                open(pathToImage)
>                run("TIFF Virtual Stack...", "open=&pathToImageStack")
>                run("LUT... ", "open=&pathToLut")
>                run("Text File... ", "open=&pathToText")
>                run("Text Image... ", "open=&pathToText")
>                run("Table... ", "open=&pathToTable")
>
> The problem is that the following commands fail silenty with no error when the file does not exist, and the macro just continues:
>
>                run("Image Sequence...", "open=&pathToNonExistantFolder sort")
>                run("Raw...", "open=&pathToNonExistantFile image=[16-bit Unsigned] width=135 height=200 offset=123 number=18 gap=456 little-endian”);

These bugs are fixed in the latest ImageJ daily build (1.52f23).

-wayne

>
> This easily breaks the macros and workflow, as the continued execution of the macro when no image appeared when expected can cause big problems.
>
> Here is a more specific example macro that reproduces the problem:
>
>                run("Close All");
>                dir = getDirectory("temp");
>
>                //create a sample tiff file
>                run("AuPbSn 40 (56K)");
>                saveAs("Tiff", dir + "AuPbSn40.tif");
>                close();
>
>                //create a sample tiff stack
>                run("T1 Head (2.4M, 16-bits)");
>                saveAs("Tiff", dir + "t1-head.tif");
>                close();
>
>                //create a sample tiff virtual stack
>                run("T1 Head (2.4M, 16-bits)");
>                File.makeDirectory(dir + "t1-head/");
>                run("Image Sequence... ", "format=TIFF save="+ dir + "t1-head/");
>                close();
>
>                //try to load the sample files again using the wrong filename:
>                open(dir + "xuPbSn40.tif");         //ok: throws an error
>                open(dir + "x1-head.tif");            //ok: throws an error
>                run("Image Sequence...", "open=" + dir + "x1-head/ sort");         //bug: fails silently
>                run("Raw...", "open=" + dir + "xuPbSn40.tif image=[8-bit] width=600 height=400 number=1 offset=148");                //bug: fails silently
>
> I am using daily build ImageJ 1.52f with Java 1.6 on Windows 7/64-bit.
>
> Stein
>
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