| Scripting Resources for DigitalMicrograph™ |
Enter User and Specimen |
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Function |
Creates a pop-up dialog prompting the user to select the user name from a pre-defined list of names (or add a custom name) and identify the specimen. This is added to the microscope info tags. |
Version |
version:20040309, v1.0 |
Author |
D. R. G. Mitchell |
Acknowledgements |
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Comments |
This information, when set in DigitalMicrograph, is appended to all images subsequently captured. The Cumulus archival software archives images on the basis of this information. To make this script run when DM is launched, install it as a library. |
System Requirements |
Should be compatible with all recent versions of DigitalMicrograph. |
Known Issues |
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Supported |
Yes |
Included Files |
Main script file. |
Source Code |
// Script which uses the dialog functions of DM to present a list // of TEM users for the user to select from. If the user's name is not on the list and // 'Other' is selected a prompt to enter the name appears. The selected user and user supplied // specimen name are used to set the global info. If this script is installed as a library // script then it will prompt the user when DM is launched to provide the information. // This is important when using Cumulus for archiving images, since the specimen and user tags // are key bits of information which Cumulus uses.
// version:20040309
// D. R. G. Mitchell, March 2004, adminnospam@dmscripting.com (remove the nospam to make this email address work)
// v1.0
// Variables
string returnstring Number returnno string specimen
//Define the dialogue class
class Dialog : uiframe {
void trackchange( object self, TagGroup tg) { returnno=val(dlggetstringvalue(tg))-1 dlggetnthlabel(tg, returnno, returnstring) } }
// Create the tags which define the dialog pane
TagGroup dialog = DLGCreateDialog("Select TEM User");
TagGroup popup = DLGCreatePopup(1, "trackchange")
// Simply copy the line as shown below to add more users popup.DLGAddPopupItemEntry("A User"); popup.DLGAddPopupItemEntry("B User"); popup.DLGAddPopupItemEntry("C User"); popup.DLGAddPopupItemEntry("Dave Mitchell"); popup.DLGAddPopupItemEntry("E User"); popup.DLGAddPopupItemEntry("Other"); popup.DLGIdentifier("Popup")
dialog.DLGAddElement( popup )
// sets the returnstring to the first item in the list of users - the one that is displayed by default // in the dialog pane. If the user chooses it, it is the value used. The trackchange function // is only invoked if the user chooses a different item in the list
returnno=val(dlggetstringvalue(popup))-1 dlggetnthlabel(popup, returnno, returnstring)
// Display the dialog
object dialog_frame = alloc(Dialog).init(dialog) if(!dialog_frame.pose()) exit(0)
// Based on the value returned by the Dialog, the username and specimen are set
if(returnstring=="Other") { beep() getstring("Enter the User's Name", "",returnstring) }
setpersistentStringNote("Microscope Info:Operator", returnstring)
string date=getdate(0) string time=gettime(0) getstring("Enter the Specimen Number", "",specimen) setpersistentStringNote("Microscope Info:Specimen", specimen)
openandsetprogresswindow("Operator : "+returnstring, "Specimen : "+specimen, "Changed at : "+time) result("\n\nOperator : "+returnstring+" Specimen : "+specimen+" Changed at : "+time+"\n")
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