Changing Window Titles

Provides the ability to change the titles of all windows in the MATLAB process

Description

If you're using more than one instance of MATLAB at a time, it's useful to be able to tell them apart at a glance. This utility lets you rename the MATLAB window so that it can be distinguished from other instances in the task bar, and when tabbing between windows.

Two functions are included:

>> [hWnd,title] = findAllWindows
returns the names and handles of all windows in the MATLAB process.

>> setWindowTitle(hWnd,title)
allows you to set the title of any window in the MATLAB process.

An example script is included, as are help files and full source code.

You will need to build the MEX functions yourself. If you haven't run "mex" before, use:
>> mex -setup
and follow the instructions for selecting a compiler.

Then run:
>> mex findAllWindows.cpp
>> mex setWindowTitle.cpp
This works with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, and probably with other versions too. If you encounter linking problems, try adding "user32.lib" to the end of the command.

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to acknowledge the following in the creation of this submission:
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• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.2 (R2006a)
• Other requirements: Windows only. Tested in XP, but should work in any Win32 system. Tested in MATLAB 6.1 through 7.2 (R12.1 to R2006a).

[Rijki Randani]

how i use this script in matlab??i try t run it in editor this is doesn't work..thanks..

[Urs (us) Schwarz]

these few strokes do the same for JPG, GIF, and PNG images:

import com.mathworks.mde.desk.*;
d=MLDesktop.getInstance;
% load a jpg, here of size H:297/W:585
% - no need to do any scaling
img=javax.swing.ImageIcon('cloth.jpg');
f=d.getMainFrame;
% set the icon of the window as well as
% the tabbing panel
f.setIcon(img);
% set the title
f.setTitle('my personalized ML');

just a thought
us

[Vihang Patil]

Does not run in compiled applications.. Please let me know if you could do it on your end

[Alex Nelson]

To change the icon of a figure window, I started with Urs Schwarz's code, and played around until I got:
import com.mathworks.mde.desk.*
d = MLDesktop.getInstance;
f = d.getClient(get(gcf,'name'));
img=javax.swing.ImageIcon('icon.jpg');
r = f.getRootPane;
rp = r.getParent;
rp.setIcon(img);

[Malcolm Wood]

I have removed the function which changed the icon for windows in the MATLAB process (which, by the way, was implemented as a MEX file because the Java solutions are only possible in recent versions of MATLAB). It has been brought to my attention that changing icons on figure windows and/or the MATLAB window breaches the licence agreement which states (in MATLAB 7 and later) that "the Licensee shall not alter, remove, or obscure any ... logo ... on or in copies of the Program". The same applies to compiled applications. Sorry folks!

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[Malcolm Wood]

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