Hi Stuart,<br><br>Sorry for the confusion. The Bio-Formats library supports the Flex format, so it is only a matter of time before that support is integrated into the OMERO system. For reference, the Bio-Formats web site (<a href="http://www.loci.wisc.edu/ome/formats.html#formats">http://www.loci.wisc.edu/ome/formats.html#formats</a>) lists all supported formats, with blue-highlighted entries also supported by the OMERO server.<br>
<br>It is my understanding that an upcoming release of the OMERO.importer client will allow users to toggle which formats are enabled. This would allow you to "turn on" support for Flex within OMERO, with the caveat that any such manually enabled formats have NOT been well tested with the OMERO system, and you may experience quirks or problems.<br>
<br>Regarding more thoroughly tested Flex support, I believe it will come at the same time as many of the planned high-content screening improvements to the OMERO system. We recently reprioritized some features due to feedback at this year's OME European Users meeting, and so I am not certain of the timeline for the HCS improvements, but they are definitely still planned.<br>
<br>-Curtis<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Smith, Stuart C <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Stuart.C.Smith@pfizer.com">Stuart.C.Smith@pfizer.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p>Afternoon, we were hoping to evaluate OME within our
organisation to see if it aided our Scientists, but after setting up the server
(windows) and installing clients on several peoples PC, we were surprised to
find that .flex files were not supported, despite being advised otherwise in
the form of a conversation between someone within my organisation and someone
associated with OME. Are they any plans to support .flex? or is this a
restriction imposed by Perkin Elmer? If so, is there scope for us to implement
.flex file support internally within our own organisation? or if we made
contributed in some way to the development of OME, would that clear the path
for .flex file support within our OME setup?</p>
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<p>If you feel this conversation is best carried on outside of
this forum, please feel free to email me directly.</p>
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<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
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