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  Add Code to the Simple GUIDE GUI

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  What Is a Callback?

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  About GUIDE-Generated Callbacks

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  View and Run the Multiple Axes GUI

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  View and Run the 3-D Globe GUI

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  View and Run the tablestat GUI

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  View and Run the List Box Directory GUI

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  View and Run the Simulink Parameters GUI

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  Run the GUI

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  The GUI Help Button

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  Load an Address Book Into the Reader

  The Contact Name Callback

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  Page Through Address Book - Prev/Next

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  The Create New Menu

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  View and Run the Modal Dialog Box GUIs

  Set Up the Close Confirmation Dialog

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  How the Close-Confirmation GUIs Work

  View and Run the GUIDE Timer GUI

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  File Template

  Run the GUI

  Add User Interface Controls to a Programmatic GUI

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  Align Components

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  Cross-Platform Compatible Units

  Kinds of Callbacks

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  Program Panels and Button Groups

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  UserData Property

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  Share Data with UserData

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  Control Program Execution Using Timer Objects

  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

  View and Run the tableplot Code

  Set Up and Interact with the uitable

  Subfunction Summary for tableplot

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  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

  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

  View and Run the Icon Editor Code

  Subfunction Summary

  Code File Organization

  GUI Programming Techniques