Why can't I access the AppData property of a GUI created in GUIDE in MATLAB 8.1 (R2013a)?

Within GUIDE, I cannot see the 'ApplicationData' property of the main figure, and I would like to change this data but don't know how.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

'AppData' is not a property of the figure per se. Although the following documentation page uses the term "property" to describe 'AppData', it is not a figure property that can be accessed using the SET and GET functions.

 <http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/getappdata.html>

To accesss the application data of a GUIDE-built GUI named foo, one would create an instance of the figure and call GETAPPDATA to get the application-defined data. for example:

>> h = foo;

>> values = getappdata(h)

ans = 

         GUIDEOptions: [1x1 struct]

         lastValidTag: 'figure1'

            ctb200jaz: [1x1 graphics.internal.CameraToolBarManager]

         SavedVisible: 'on'

      UsedByGUIData_m: [1x1 struct]

          GUIOnScreen: 1