Open dialogue windows from the macro language

Image Analysis
#1

Hey community,
This is my first post on this forum (and generally on any forum on the www I guess), so please forgive mistakes, and I hope this question has not been asked by someone before. I have not been able to find an answer online so far. So:

Is there a way to open a dialogue window from FIJI out of a macro (specifically I want the macro to open the “Set measurement” window, to prompt the user to set the measurements they want to have and then proceed with its analysis). I know how to prompt the user to choose a file directory for example with directory = getDirectory(“Choose a Directory”);
So I imagined that there are similar commands to open other windows?

Thanks for any help or redirection to other resources.

Cheers
Sarah

#2

Simply use the ImageJ macro recorder to get the commands of the macro language, see:

https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/docs/guide/146-31.html#sub:Macros

To open the “Set Measurements” dialog it is:

run("Set Measurements...");

#3

Thank you so much! I would never have thought it could be so simple…
I always copied the line from the macro recorder that contained all the settings, like:
run(“Set Measurements…”, “area mean center bounding fit shape redirect=None decimal=3”);
and then it wouldn’t open the window itself. So the trick is just leaving out the specifications afterwards…
And it works for any window. Crazy. Thanks again!!