XP Visual Styles for MATLAB GUIs

Skins uicontrols to match windows XP visual style.
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Updated 21 Apr 2003

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Add the .manifest file to the <Matlab>\bin\win32 directory where <matlab> is your install directory.

Code is based on example on Microsoft Website. No additional Calls are required just dump it in the directory.

This appears to work for:

buttons
list boxes
drop-down menu boxes
radio buttons
check boxes
scrollbars
Edit Boxes

It does not have any effect on the following:

Text Boxes
Frames
Axes
Toggle Buttons

Note that this does not skin Matlab Itself.

It works on Windows XP with Matlab 6.5

Cite As

Richard Medlock (2024). XP Visual Styles for MATLAB GUIs (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/3257-xp-visual-styles-for-matlab-guis), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R13
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0

.manifest file put into a zip file as requested.