How do I copy a figure to the clipboard from a stand-alone application generated with the MATLAB Compiler in MATLAB R2022a?

I would like to copy and paste a figure from a stand-alone application generated from MATLAB Compiler in MATLAB R2022a, but all of the usual figure menu options like edit, view, and insert, are not available. How can I do this?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Below is an example on how to copy a figure from a stand-alone application. This code creates a new "uimenu" object called "Edit", which will now appear on the figure's toolstrip when the compiled application is run. Then, it gives this "uimenu" object a dropdown option that you can select called "Copy". Clicking on this option will copy the figure to your clipboard.

figure;
plot(1:10, 1:10);
h = uimenu(gcf, 'Label', 'Edit'); 
uimenu(h, 'Label', 'Copy', 'Callback', {@localprint});

function localprint(gcbo, eventdata)
    print('-clipboard','-dmeta')
end

If you get warnings about get_param not being implemented in stand alone mode, you can safely ignore these warnings.