Using a GUI to select a .m file, run the .m file and store the variables from .m file in workspace

Hi,

I would like to open a GUI=>click a button to open a file browser for a .m file=>Select my .m file=> Display the selected file path and name on GUI=> run the .m file and store variables from .m file in the work space.

I cannot seem to have any luck with running the .m file from the GUI. The code I have written is:

    % function CmdSelectFile_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject    handle to CmdSelectFile (see GCBO)
% eventdata  reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles    structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)

 [StrFileName,StrPathName] = uigetfile('*.m','Select the MATLAB code file');
 StrFullPathName = strcat(StrPathName,StrFileName);
 set(handles.TxtFileName,'String',StrFullPathName);
 addpath(StrPathName);
StrRunFile = strrep(StrFileName, '.m', '')
run(StrRunFile)

Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You do not need to remove the .m suffix; run() will remove it.

You do not need to addpath.

Remember that what you get out of uigetfile for the path does not include the directory separator character.

[StrFileName,StrPathName] = uigetfile('*.m','Select the MATLAB code file');
if ~ischar(StrFileName)
  disp('User cancelled');
  return
end
StrFullPathName = fullfile(StrPathName, StrFileName);
run(StrFullPathName);