What is IMAGE-PRO PREMIER mechanism for learning POSITION X Y Z from IMAGE-PRO PLUS AFA IMAGES?

mbatchelor

All --

We have a IPP6 USER who is considering IPP9.

They want to work with images that have been captured with IPP6 AFA.

What is the mechanism to MANUALLY and PROGRAMATICALLY show / learn the POSITION X Y Z shown on the SET / PROPERTY TAB of the INFORMATION DIALOG BOX from PLUS?

Please see attached illustration.

Thanks.

-- Matt

NikitaRG

Hi Matt,

 

Take a look on the macros:

 

    Public Sub GetImageActiveFrameXYZ
        Dim x As Double, y As Double, z As Double

        If ThisApplication.SelectedData.Image IsNot Nothing Then
            With ThisApplication.SelectedData.Image.Frame
                If .IsXYPositionValid Then
                    x = .XPosition
                    y = .YPosition

                    MsgBox("X = " & x & " Y = " & y)
                Else
                    MsgBox("XY unknown")

                End If

                If .IsZPositionValid Then
                    z = .ZPosition

                    MsgBox("Z = " & z)
                Else
                    MsgBox("Z unknown")

                End If
            End With
        End If
    End Sub

    Public Sub SetImageActiveFrameXYZ
        If ThisApplication.SelectedData.Image IsNot Nothing Then
            With ThisApplication.SelectedData.Image.Frame
                .XPosition = 123.0
                .YPosition = 456.0
                .ZPosition = 789.0
            End With
        End If
    End Sub

NikitaRG

Hi Matt,

XY position reported in the Document Properties panel in the Normal template (Active / Frames Count, Active Frame, XY Position), but it is read only and could be set in the macro only. Z position reported in the Normal template as well and could be adjusted in the Metadata template (select Z Spacing cell in the table and see the right side panel).

mbatchelor

Nikita --

Thank you for your response.

Per your suggestion, I have opened

    DOCUMENT PROPERTIES +
    NORMAL TEMPLATE +
    ACTIVE / FRAMES COUNT +
    ACTIVE FRAME

and now I can see the X, Y, and Z information as shown in

    2014-08-25-143055.jpg

I do not have the SITE information though and I would like to know how to read these values into a MACRO.

I've looked at properties of

    ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
    ThisApplication.ActiveImage
    of
    ThisApplication.ActiveWindow

and nothing there looks promising.

I see

    Automation Reference ► MediaCy.IQL.Sets ► IMcImageSet ► XPosition
    Automation Reference ► MediaCy.IQL.Sets ► IMcImageSet ► YPosition
    Automation Reference ► MediaCy.IQL.Sets ► IMcImageSet ► ZPosition

in the AUTOMATION HELP file but I do not have enough information on

    MediaCy.IQL.Sets
    and
    IMcImageSet

to access XPOSITION, YPOSITION, and ZPOSITION.

Can you please provide guidance on how to do this?

Thanks.

-- Matt

JohnS

Matt, what exactly do you want to know about the site? Sites are properties of the image set. The X/Y/Z position information that Nikita mentioned in the post from today, 8/26, are properties of the image frame if they are known from any frame of any image that has X/Y and/or Z information from any possible source.

 

However, AFA captures image sets, and an image set has much more information about the context of the acquisition and its contents. From the McImageSet, you can get the current location (which will be the location displayed in the workspace) by using the GetCurrentLocation method. From the Site location, you can get an index into the McImageSet.Sites collection and get more information about the specific site.

We could probably give a better example macro if we understood more completely what you're trying to accomplish.

 

BR,

John

mbatchelor

Nikita --

Thank you very much for the EXAMPLE CODE.

It works perfectly and gives me (us) the information necessary to access this IMAGE INFORMATION via a MACRO.

Thanks again.

John --

A sales rep for NUHSBAUM and I are working with a customer who has an IPP6 based AFA system.  We are looking into working with images generated with that system in IPP7 or IPP9.

The challenge is to search for a feature that may or may not be in an image.  When the feature is found, its location needs to be recorded and reported relative to the STAGE POSITION.

-- Matt