Use the Completed Simple Programmatic GUI :: How to Create a Simple GUI Programmatically (MATLAB®)

• Getting Started

• User's Guide

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Data Import and Export

• Mathematics

• Data Analysis

• Programming Fundamentals

• Object-Oriented Programming

• Graphics

• 3-D Visualization

• Creating Graphical User Interfaces

• Introduction to Creating GUIs

• About GUIs in MATLAB Software

• How to Create a GUI with GUIDE

• How to Create a Simple GUI Programmatically

• About the Simple Programmatic GUI Example

Create the Simple Programmatic GUI Code File

• Lay Out the Simple Programmatic GUI

• Code the Simple Programmatic GUI

• Use the Completed Simple Programmatic GUI

Open and Run the GUI

• Create GUIs with GUIDE

GUI Layout

GUI Programming

Set Preferences

Confirmation Preferences

Backward Compatibility Preference

All Other Preferences

The GUI Options Dialog Box

Resize Behavior

Command-Line Accessibility

Generate FIG-File and MATLAB File

Generate FIG-File Only

Access the Templates

Template Descriptions

Maximize the Layout Area

Available Components

A Working GUI with Many Components

Add Components to the GUIDE Layout Area

Define User Interface Controls

Define Panels and Button Groups

Define Axes

Define Tables

Add ActiveX Controls

Copy, Paste, and Arrange Components

Locate and Move Components

Menus for the Menu Bar

Context Menus

Create Toolbars with GUIDE

Editing Tool Icons

Default System Font

Standard Background Color

Cross-Platform Compatible Units

The GUI Files

File and GUI Names

Rename GUIs and GUI Files

Ways to Save a GUI

Save a New GUI

Save an Existing GUI

Export a GUIDE GUI to a Code File

Execute GUI Code

From the GUIDE Layout Editor

From the Command Line

From Any MATLAB Code File

From a Test Script

Programming GUIs Created Using GUIDE

What Is a Callback?

Kinds of Callbacks

Code Files and FIG-Files

GUI Code File Structure

Adding Callback Templates to an Existing GUI Code File

About GUIDE-Generated Callbacks

Setting Callback Properties Automatically

Deleting Callbacks from a GUI Code File

GUIDE Callback Templates

Callback Names and Signatures in GUIDE

GUIDE Callback Arguments

Changing Callbacks Assigned by GUIDE

Data Management Mechanism Summary

Examples of Sharing Data Among a GUI's Callbacks

Data-Sharing Techniques

Example - Manipulating a Modal Dialog Box for User Input

Example - Individual GUIDE GUIs Cooperating as Icon Manipulation Tools

About the Multiple Axes Example

View and Run the Multiple Axes GUI

Design the Multiple Axes GUI

Plot Push Button Callback

Validate User Input as Numbers

About the 3-D Animation Example

View and Run the 3-D Globe GUI

Design the 3-D Globe GUI

Graphics Techniques Used in the 3-D Globe GUI

Further Graphic Explorations

About the tablestat Example

View and Run the tablestat GUI

Design the tablestat GUI

Extend the tablestat GUI

About the List Box Directory Example

View and Run the List Box Directory GUI

Implement the List Box Directory GUI

About the Workspace Variable Example

View and Run the Workspace Variable GUI

Read Workspace Variables

Read Selections from List Box

About the Simulink Model Parameters Example

View and Run the Simulink Parameters GUI

How to Use the Simulink Parameters GUI

Run the GUI

Program the Slider and Edit Text Components

Run the Simulation from the GUI

Remove Results from List Box

Plot Results Data

The GUI Help Button

Close the GUI

The List Box Callback and Create Function

About the Address Book Reader Example

View and Run the Address Book Reader GUI

Run the Address Book Reader GUI

Load an Address Book Into the Reader

The Contact Name Callback

The Contact Phone Number Callback

Page Through Address Book - Prev/Next

Save Address Book Changes from the Menu

The Create New Menu

The Address Book Resize Function

About the Modal Dialog Example

View and Run the Modal Dialog Box GUIs

Set Up the Close Confirmation Dialog

Set Up the GUI with the Close Button

Run the Close-Confirmation GUI

How the Close-Confirmation GUIs Work

About the Timer GUI Example

View and Run the GUIDE Timer GUI

Components Used by the Timer GUI

How the GUI Implements the Timer

Other Uses for Timers in GUIs

• Create GUIs Programmatically

File Organization

File Template

Run the GUI

Types of GUI Components

Add User Interface Controls to a Programmatic GUI

Add Panels and Button Groups

Add Axes

Add ActiveX Controls

Set Positions of Components Interactively

Align Components

Set Colors Interactively

Set Font Characteristics Interactively

Generate Code to Set Component Properties

Add Context Menus to a Programmatic GUI

Use the uitoolbar Function

Commonly Used Properties

Toolbars

Display and Modify the Standard Toolbar

Default System Font

Standard Background Color

Cross-Platform Compatible Units

Examples

What Is a Callback?

Kinds of Callbacks

Specify Callbacks in Function Calls

Program User Interface Controls

Program Panels and Button Groups

Program Axes

Program ActiveX Controls

Program Menu Items

Program Toolbar Tools

Data Management Mechanism Summary

Share Data with Nested Functions

Share Data with UserData

Share Data with Application Data

Share Data with GUI Data

Control Callback Execution and Interruption

Control Program Execution Using Timer Objects

About the Axes, Menu, and Toolbar Example

View and Run the AxesMenuToolbar Code

Generate the Graphing Commands and Data

Create the GUI and Its Components

Initialize the GUI

Define the Callbacks

Helper Function: Plot the Plot Types

About the tableplot Example

View and Run the tableplot Code

Set Up and Interact with the uitable

Subfunction Summary for tableplot

Further Explorations with tableplot

About the List Master Example

View and Run the List Master Code

Use List Master

Program List Master

Add an "Import from File" Option to List Master

Add a "Rename List" Option to List Master

About the Color Palette Example

Techniques Used in the Color Palette Example

View and Run the Color Palette Code

Subfunction Summary for Color Palette

Code File Organization

GUI Programming Techniques

About the Icon Editor Example

View and Run the Icon Editor Code

Subfunction Summary

Code File Organization

GUI Programming Techniques

Handle Graphics Property Browser

• External Interfaces

• C/C++ and Fortran API Reference

• Functions

• Examples

• Release Notes

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