You can control IGB from scripts, which are text files containing simple commands for navigation, loading data, and making snapshots.
To run an IGB script:
The script file has a simple, space-delimited syntax. Each command should occupy a separate line.
bringToFront |
Bring the IGB window to the front of the user's desktop.
genome <version> |
Open genome version (e.g., H_sapiens_Mar_2006). Any genome version or synonym that's accepted by IGB is accepted here.
homescreen |
Return to the IGB start screen.
goto <region> |
Go to a region of a chromosome (e.g., "chr1:40000-60000" or "chr1:40,000-60,000"). Commas are optional. Any region format accepted by the IGB quick search text entry (top left corner) is acceptable.
hidetrack <file or URL> |
Hide the track. Accepts one or more comma separated files identified by full path or URL.
load <file or URL> |
Load the specified file (identified by full path) or URL into IGB. The data set will appear in the user's Data Management table upon completion.
unload <file or URL> |
loadmode <NO_LOAD | REGION_IN_VIEW | CHROMOSOME | GENOME> <file or URL> |
Change the load mode for the specified data set or file, identified by full path.
The loadmode command will work for any loaded track. Make sure to load your desired track before calling the loadmode command. |
refresh |
This is equivalent to clicking the Load Data button in IGB. This triggers loading of data from the active data sets available in IGB, as specified in the load command.
snapshot <filename> |
snapshotwholeFrame <filename> |
snapshotmainView <filename> |
snapshotmainViewWithLabels <filename> |
snapshotslicedViewWithLabels <absolue path to file> |
Export the entire frame, main view, main view with labels, or sliced view, respectively, to a PNG format file. You must include the full path to the file or IGB will write the file to the location from where you launched IGB.
The filename defaults to "<genome_version><timestamp>.png" if not specified.
The snapshot and snapshotwholeFrame commands only work on Mac and Linux if attempting to export an SVG file. |
select <geneids> |
Selects the given gene IDs, which are passed in as a comma-separated list.
sleep <milliseconds> |
Sleep the application for x milliseconds.
IGB is multi-threaded, which means that the user may be able to operate IGB while data are being loaded. If your IGB script includes loading data from remote sites (e.g, RNASeq data from the IGBQuickLoad.org site) then you should include a sleep command to give IGB time to load the data. |
Lines starting with the IGB script comment character '#' are ignored.
# select genome genome A_thaliana_Jun_2009 # go to a region in chr4 # commas are optional goto chr4:8,860,484-8,872,096 # load a file load http://igbquickload.org/rnaseq/A_thaliana_Jun_2009/SRP029896/ColdControl.bam # load the data refresh |