How to save images automatically after setting up a path? - automation

Question

I want to save my images automatically, but I don't know how to set it in DM. My script is as follows:
Image img
img.GetFrontImage()
string name
if ( GetString( "Enter Name of Sample", "Hello!", name ))
result( "\nThe Name Of Sample is "+name)
string path
if ( GetDirectoryDialog("select path","",path) )
result("\nSelected path is:"+path)
While( img.ImageIsValid() )
{
For( number i=i; i<1000000;i++ )
{
img.SetName(name+i)
img.SaveImage(name+i)
img := FindNextImage(img)
}
}

Answer 1

It seems the main thing you are missing is a line that creates a full pathname from the combination of the destination directory path and the name for each image. So in addition to the changes suggested in the answer by BmyGuest, you should add a call to PathConcatenate, as follows:
number i = 1
While( img.ImageIsValid() )
{
img.SetName(name+i)
string filepath = path.PathConcatenate(name+i)
img.SaveAsGatan(filepath)
img := FindNextImage(img)
i++
}

Answer 2

The script you've written will not save anything, but most likely produce an error.
In the For-loop you 1000000x get the "next" image to save, but when you reach the end the "next" image is invalid.
Therefore, the next iteration will throw an error at img.SetName, because img is not a valid image at that moment.
What you want to do is something like the following:
number i = 1
While( img.ImageIsValid() )
{
img.SetName(name+i)
img.SaveAsGatan(name+i)
img := FindNextImage(img)
i++
}