[ome-users] Importing legacy .mdb Zeiss databases

[Brian Loranger]

Hi Alexandre,

Alas, we have done no testing with .mdb files in the Importer  
(although the good news is that its supported by the underlying bio- 
formats package).

Most likely if we turned that format on there would be some issues  
importing. I can switch it on and and see how things look  and let you  
know a time estimate - if we're lucky it will just be a matter of  
turning the format on (although more then likely that won't be the  
case). We are less then 2 weeks away from our next release, *knocks on  
wood*,  so I doubt we will be able to get that working before then,  
but I would be hopeful we can get something for you after that.

Cheers,

Brian


On 5 Feb 2009, at 09:26, Alexandre Cunha wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have sent the following question to the Bio-formats folks and  
> thought to also
> seek help here.
>
> We are starting to move diverse proprietary databases (mainly Zeiss)  
> from one
> of the Biology labs here on campus to OMERO. A typical lab user has  
> a directory
> per project and a .mdb database file in that directory that I  
> believe refers to
> the many .lsm image files in that same directory.
>
> My question is: is there a way in OMERO to directly read the  
> many .mdb files
> and save each as a OMERO database (or project) ? We would like to  
> avoid
> rebuilding each database and if possible store legacy databases  
> seamlessly in
> OMERO.
>
> I appreciate receiving your suggestions.
> Many thanks,
> - Alex.
>
>
>
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Brian Loranger
Software Developer, Open Microscopy Environment
Division of Gene Regulation and Expression
University of Dundee
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