api_showwindow

Version 1.0.0.0 (25.9 KB) by Mihai Moldovan
The function warps the WIN32 ShowWindow API in User32.dll.
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When using MATLAB on windows platforms one could write MEX files to access the WIN32 API functions. However such a tutorial is difficult to find.

I decided to post an example with a commented C-MEX file that will demonstrate how to accurately find the windows handle of a MATLAB figure window and then do some API command on it.

For simplicity I selected the 'ShowWindow' API because it can be used to solve the 'common' figure maximization problem. (maximizefigure.m sample included)

Cite As

Mihai Moldovan (2026). api_showwindow (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/2041-api_showwindow), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R12.1
Compatible with any release
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Windows macOS Linux
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Acknowledgements

Inspired: maxfig, WindowAPI

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1.0.0.0