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| Open script with File-->Open. Scripts are in the data directory (IPLab scripts) of Thrips 3. Because scripts are easily modified (sometimes without the user realizing it), most have been made read only. Please save all scripts under a different file name before doing anything in IPLab. |  |
The script will open as shown. The On/Off button is shown on. The button must be On for modifications to be made to the script. The bar at the side of the window or the toolbar at the top of the screen may be used to add or delete commands from the script. The buttons to the side allow loops, jumps, pauses, etc. to be added. Commands are added above the highlighted command. Clicking on an option in the toolbar will add the command to the script. Pay attention. |
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| When the button is Off, buttons and items on the toolbar become light gray and inaccessible. Script commands are in the left hand column. The right hand column provides a space for a brief description of what the command does. |  |
| Many of the commands have parameters assciated with them. These parameters are changed in a dialog box that can be accessed through the script. Double click on the command to bring up the dialog box. |  |
| The parameters in the boxes may be changed to meet the needs of the images to be analyzed. |  |
| Some commands can be made interactive by double clicking to the left of the command. A plus sign will appear. When an interactive command is reached while running a script, the dialog box is opened for user intervention. In the script at right, this is used to allow the user to enter the number of files to be run. |  |
| More extensive descriptions of commands and where they are found in the menus is available in the IPLab manual kept above the computer with the IPLab software. |