Perhaps my question should have been: Do you know if there is a way of adding a custom track programatically at all? How, in general, do I add a custom track without going through this interface: http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgCustom . Should I be sending an HTTP request instead? Or should the method below (ie. just opening a formatted URL) work, as long as I have formatted the file/url correctly?
It's not so much the Java I'm asking about, but more that I'm having a hard time figuring out if this is even the right way to go about it. -Michelle On 12-06-12 10:50 AM, Greg Roe wrote: > The only thing I can suggest is to make sure the URL in the new web > browser window includes the hgt.customText parameter. > > - Greg > > > On 6/11/12 4:35 PM, Michelle Ly wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I'm a new user to genome browsers. I'm trying to create a GWT >> application that lets users select some parameters and then open a UCSC >> browser. As a start, I have a button that just opens a custom track. >> I'm testing with one of the examples provided on the website: >> >> http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTracks?org=human&position=chr22&hgt.customText=http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/examples/ct_example1.txt >> >> >> <http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTracks?org=human&position=chr22&hgt.customText=http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/examples/ct_example1.txt> >> >> >> >> It works when I simply copy and paste that url into a new window, but if >> I try to open it via code, it doesn't work: >> >> Button b = new Button("Open", new ClickHandler() { >> public void onClick(ClickEvent event) { >> >> Window.open("http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTracks?org=human&position=chr22&hgt.customText=http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/examples/ct_example1.txt";, >> >> >> "_blank", ""); >> } >> }); >> >> It opens up a generic view of chromosome 22 instead. Any ideas? >> >> -Michelle >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Genome maillist - [email protected] >> https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
