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Bug 1091 - Invalid macro recording when file names contain spaces and brackets
Invalid macro recording when file names contain spaces and brackets
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: Fiji
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Plugins
unspecified
PC Windows
: P4 normal
Assigned To: ImageJ Bugs Mailing List
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2015-06-16 09:44 CDT by Jan Eglinger
Modified: 2015-06-19 12:46 CDT
2 users (show)

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Description Jan Eglinger 2015-06-16 09:44:43 CDT 
When using e.g. File > Import > Image Sequence... with file names containing both spaces (" ") and brackets ("[]"), the recorded macro command is non-functional:

    run("Image Sequence...", "open=[C:\\temp-debug\\image[1 x 1].tif] sort");

When run from the script editor, the macro runs without error but no image stack is opened.
As a workaround, the files can be renamed to remove spaces and/or brackets.

Information about your version of Java:

  os.arch => amd64
  os.name => Windows 7
  os.version => 6.1
  java.version => 1.6.0_24
  java.vendor => Sun Microsystems Inc.
  java.runtime.name => Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
  java.runtime.version => 1.6.0_24-b07
  java.vm.name => Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
  java.vm.version => 19.1-b02
  java.vm.vendor => Sun Microsystems Inc.
  java.vm.info => mixed mode
  java.awt.graphicsenv => sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
  java.specification.name => Java Platform API Specification
  java.specification.version => 1.6
  sun.cpu.endian => little
  sun.desktop => windows
  file.separator => \

The up-to-date check says: REMIND_LATER

Information relevant to JAVA_HOME related problems:

  JAVA_HOME is set to: C:\UTILIT~1\FIJI-D~1.APP/java/win64/jdk1.6.0_24//jre
  imagej.dir => C:\UTILIT~1\FIJI-D~1.APP

Information about the version of each plugin:

Activated update sites:
ImageJ: http://update.imagej.net/ (last check:20150614035343)
Fiji: http://fiji.sc/update/ (last check:20150616154943)
Comment 1 Wayne Rasband 2015-06-19 12:46:56 CDT 
File paths in macro run() calls cannot contain both spaces and brackets. As a work around, use a path to the folder that contains the image sequence, for example

   run("Image Sequence...", "open=C:\\temp-debug sort");

Or upgrade to the latest daily build (1.49v8) and open image sequences using open("path/to/folder") or open("path/to/folder","virtual"). This works even if the folder name contains spaces and brackets. For example:

   open("C:\\temp debug[]")

where 'temp debug[]' is a folder.