How to save a variable from a function and use it in another function in MATLAB GUI?

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Hi,
I have made a MATLAB GUI which has two buttons. I want to perform some tasks on CallBack event of both these buttons.
I have obtained a variable FileName when the first button is pressed. But as soon as the function of first button ends, the variable gets deleted. I want to use this variable when the second button is pressed which is obviously a different function. Since, the first function variable is deleted as soon as the function ends, how can I use this variable within the second button's function.
I know how to do it by saving it as .mat and recalling it but it will make the GUI interface unfriendly. Can you please tell me another way to save a variable before the first function ends and recall it later in the second function?
Thank you.

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Gerd
Gerd on 22 Jun 2011
Hi Asad,
before the "first button" function end use
mydata.value = "directory result"
setappdata(gcf,'mydata',mydata);
At the beginning of the "second button" function use
mydata = getappdata(gcf, 'mydata');
disp(mydata.value); % shows the value
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Muhammad Asad
Muhammad Asad on 22 Jun 2011
Actually the first button is the browse button. So, in the first button function, I have this code:
[FileName,PathName]=uigetfile
FullPath=[PathName FileName]
Now, I want to use this FullPath variable to be passed to second function. Can you tell me how the above code lines should be modified according to these variable names?

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Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 22 Jun 2011
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Krishna Kumar
Krishna Kumar on 22 Jun 2011
Yes.I had suggested the same
in OP's thread in newsgroup-http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/309582

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