hdf5 export records superfluous value in macro recorder

[k-dominik]

in order to run the hdf export in a macro something like the following is enough

run("Export HDF5", "select=/tmp/test.h5 datasetname=data compressionlevel=0 input=2d_cells_apoptotic_1channel.png");

however, the following is recorder

run("Export HDF5", "select=/tmp/test.h5 exportpath=/tmp/test.h5 datasetname=data compressionlevel=0 input=2d_cells_apoptotic_1channel.png");

so there is a superfluous exportpath=/tmp/test.h5 in the recording.

Macro execution works with:

• not supplying exportpath
• supplying exportpath and select (but leaving select empty, so just select=.

[imagejan]

<rant>Welcome to the "ImageJ 1.x nested dialog hell"</rant> 🙂

Suggestions:

• ask Wayne to add an addSaveField() method to GenericDialog (or adapt the already present addFileField to support a file saving mode), that would allow to browse directories on the local file system, and enter an output file name, or
• use a SciJava parameter (and help fixing the macro recording issues that still remain on the SciJava side... I know it's a lost case, but still 😉 ):

@Parameter (style="save")
private File exportFile;

Here's a script that illustrates what I mean:

#@ String (visibility=MESSAGE, value="Axis order of the exported data set: 'TZYXC'") msg
#@ File (label="ExportPath", style="save") exportpath
#@ String (label="DatasetName") datasetname
#@ Integer (label="CompressionLevel", style="slider", min=0, max=100) compressionlevel
#@ Dataset (persist=false) input

println "Done."

It generates a dialog like this, with a Browse button to select a new file to save:

When saved as Fiji.app/scripts/MyScripts/Export_HDF5.groovy, it gets recorded as:

run("Export HDF5", "exportpath=/tmp/test.h5 datasetname=data compressionlevel=0 input=blobs.gif");