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> 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”);
>
> 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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