scatterm marker size - cannot change marker size for scatterm points on map (2012a)

I am using code written in release 2009a on a Windows 7 machine running release 2012a. The code used to allow me to plot points on a map using the scatterm function, and to change the size the points using set handle. I used to change the edgecolor property this way too.

Now, neither works. I've fixed the edgecolor property by using: set(get(handle,'Children),'Edgecolor','k') %new for 2012a

which replaced : set(handle, 'Edgecolor','k') %old, as written in 2009a

If I move the markersize property command to the same level, I get the following error:

Error using specgraph.scattergroup/set The name 'edgecolor' is not an accessible property for an instance of class 'scattergroup'.

Error in CaribSSTTrendMap_Keys (line 101) set(get(sc1,'Children'),'edgecolor','k','markersize',8);

Does anyone know a workaround for this? I'm at a loss for why markersize and edgecolor would be at different levels. Perhaps there is a new name for markersize???

Thanks, Brad

[Brad]

Does no one out there use scatterm in 2012a!!!?

[Sean de Wolski]

Could you please provide a complete reproducible example?

Answer 1

[per isakson]

I don't use scatterm. However, I have the toolbox installed and tried the example in the documentation. I noticed

1. scatterm returns a handle to a hggroup, hgh
2. the child of hgh is another hggroup, hgh1
3. the child of hgh1 is a patch, ph1

In which release was hggroup introduced?

'Edgecolor' is a property of the patch object. Thus, my guess is

    hgh = scatterm( ..........
    hgh1 = get( hgh, 'Children' );
    ph1 = get( hgh1, 'Children' );

    set( ph1, 'Edgecolor' , ......

[Brad]

Thank you per isakson - this seems to work. You obviously have a better handle on handles than I do.

Brad