Fiswidgets Tools Package


    Tools is a package that contains useful utilities that do not quite belong to any analysis package. Most of the utilities in this package are small stand alone Java application that do not have any C/C++ back-end,  with the exception of FormatConvert. Below is the list of applications that are part of the tools package
 
  • BatchFtp
  • This is an FTP client that allows users to transfer files in batch mode. That is: setup now, transfer later. This utility can be used from GlobalDesktop. (documentation screenshot)
  • FormatConvert
  • Conversion utility for several fMR Imaging data formats. Currently supports Analyze, Afni, Pittsburgh, GE and BrainVoyager formats. (documentation screenshot)
  • FisServerStat
  • This utility queries fiswidgets server on the remote machine and outputs different server statistics, such as what fiswidget application are currently running (documentation screenshot)
  • FXParser
  • This utility parses fiswidgets XML file and produces a pretty printed user readable text file. This is very useful when you want to extract setup information from application produced XML files. (documentation screenshot)
  • GraphBrowser
  • This utility displays an ASCII file (columns of numbers) as a graph. 
    (documentation screenshot)
  • IfisSendMail
  • This is a simple send mail utility. It is mainly used from meta fiswidgets like GlobalDesktop to notify users when some part of the flow is finished.  (documentation  screenshot
  • NIH ij.ImageJ
  • This is an image viewer developed by NIH it supports multiple fMRI data formats as well as the RAW format. (screenshot)
  • JFtp
  • This is an open source interactive FTP client. JFTP framework is used for BatchFtp. (documentation screenshot)
  • LogParser
  • This utility will parse log files generated by fiswidget applications. It will recreate run windows and build an HTML document from the input log file. 
    (documentation  screenshot)
  • MakeJpeg
  • This utility creates a montage jpeg image from input analyze image. It can optionally add an overlay to displayed image. (documentation screenshot)
  • MakeGraphJpeg
  • This utility creates a jpeg image(s) from ASCII graph files generated by NIS, AFNI and other programs. (documentation screenshot)
  • Notepad
  • This is a simple Java text editor (screenshots)
  • SliceApp
  • This is a small Analyze image viewer. (documentation screenshot)
  • TableView
  • This utility displays a tab separated ASCII file in a table. (documentation  screenshot)
  • UnixCommand
  • This utility executes an arbitrary unix command. (documentation  screenshot)

    Deprecated utilities

  • chartViewer
  • This is another utility that displays ASCII files as a graph. (screenshot)
  • WebBrowser
  • This is a simple Java Web Browser. It is sufficient to view fiswidgets documentation. This program was originally developed by  Tamaki Kurusu. (screenshot)