Thread Subject:

Finish "set" before continuing

My GUI has a status indicator that I would like to have keep the user informed of what is going on. However, when I try to set it, MatLab continues to the next command and never executes the set command.

Example:

set(status_ind,'String','Busy','Color','Red');
[x,y] = textread(filelocation,'%f %f','headerlines',1);
set(status_ind,'String','Ready','Color','Green');

In this script it never finishes the 1st command, but instead becomes occupied with the textread.

Is there a way I can say "Finish what I told you to do, then go on" between the 1st and second command?

Cheers,
Seth

"Seth " <seth@mech.ubc.ca> wrote in message
news:f7r67c$235$1@fred.mathworks.com...
> My GUI has a status indicator that I would like to have keep the user
> informed of what is going on. However, when I try to set it, MatLab
> continues to the next command and never executes the set command.
>
> Example:
>
> set(status_ind,'String','Busy','Color','Red');
> [x,y] = textread(filelocation,'%f %f','headerlines',1);
> set(status_ind,'String','Ready','Color','Green');
>
> In this script it never finishes the 1st command, but instead becomes
> occupied with the textread.
>
> Is there a way I can say "Finish what I told you to do, then go on"
> between the 1st and second command?

DRAWNOW.

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Steve Lord
slord@mathworks.com

Steve,
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately drawnow only updates plots. Graphic objects that are not plot (such as static text items) are not updated by drawnow.

Your post put me in the right direction though and I found that the REFRESH command works quite well.

Cheers,
Seth