I have a Simulink simulation containing a XY Graph block. When I start a simulation, it automatically opens an XY Graph, but I do not want this. I just want to be able to double-click on it after a Simulation if I wish to see its content, as I am also doing with scopes. I know that in a scope's settings, there is the option
Open at simulation start
I guess that there should be a similar setting to my XY Graph but I cannot find where it is. How can I prevent it from opening during a simulation?
Unfortunately, this block is implemented by an s-function that creates the figure (without providing much option there). So, the best that you could do would be to add code into a block (or model) callback to set the figure to not visible. Below is an example of how to find the figure handle and set it to not visible. This kind of thing can be found in sfunxy.m
Example:
set(get_param('your/xygraph/path','UserData'), 'Visible', 'off');
You would then need to run the following command to view the data (or create a shortcut).
set(get_param('your/xygraph/path','UserData'), 'Visible', 'on');
Obviously, this is not ideal. :)
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As the title states, I need to get a handle for my Matlab application. My class is derived from matlab.apps.AppBase and is app.UIFigure (if that matter, I'm still learning Matlab). My main goal is to change the mouse cursor to watch after a button is clicked and data is processed in the background.
I have tried:
set(gcf,'Pointer','watch')
But gcf is just empty, so it creates a new figure. I have also gotten all of the figures, using:
figs = findall(groot,'Type','Figure')
Which finds all of the figures I am using. I believe that I need to get the overall application figure and find the handle, but I am unsure how to do that.
There is no pointer property for uifigure; otherwise, you would be able to use app.UIFigure.Pointer = 'watch' as suggested by #CrisLuengo.
However, specially for uifigure MATLAB provides a nice looking and powerful progress bar uiprogressdlg. You can make it indeterminate with uiprogressdlg.Indeterminate = on;. I find this working pleasingly well.
Here is an example:
f=uifigure;
progressdlg=uiprogressdlg(f,'Title','Progress','Message', 'Doing something please wait', 'Indeterminate','on');
pause(10); % Run your algorithm.
% Delete the progress bar after work done.
progressdlg.delete();
I have made a Gui program that I compile to EXE application which lots csv file into graph data. I buit a save button but I do not know how save figure with different name each time cause (savefig anduisave both uses matlab program). I am posting my code below if anyoff you guys figure out how to save gui figue into image or anything that does require matlab to open. Last function is the callback function for save button.
function ma_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% i tried uisave but not possible to run computer without matlab cause mcr
% does not run uisave
% i tried copyopbj but since i did not put a name on my figure it did not
% work
%savefig
If you are trying to save a kind of image from your figure, then the best option which supports many aspects, is using print function.
I have already done this in a compiled app and it works perfect. Using print function you can set different file type(vector formats like *.svg are also supported), resolution(dpi), and so many others.
Although you can use print function directly on the figure, but I found that the best way (More Customization like removing or adding some objects and changing many options) is to follow this steps:
Create another figure with Visible='on' but a position that is out of screen with the same width and height of Main Figure.
normalized position = [-1, -1, ?, ?]. (Create this figure in start up and don't destroy it until your app exits, let call it Print Figure).
Copy your figure content (or the parts you are interested in) using copyobj to that figure (you may need to set Parent property of some key objects like panels to this new figure). They would look exactly as they look in the main figure, because they have the same properties. you can add or remove some objects in this step.
Change aspect ratio of "Print Figure" for a better output.
Print this figure with all options (file format, dpi, ...) you need. in my own GUI i allowed the user to change this settings with an input dialog.
In my app i used functions like winopen to show the output, and output directory to the user, when the print task was done. Print process takes some time, specially if dpi is huge, so it is also a good idea to inactivate buttons and show wait cursor.
Update:
a simple usage would be:
print(MainFigure, 'myFileName', '-dpng', '-r300')
When Matlab is processing code including the plot() command, Matlab will steal window focus, when plot() is processed. While many seem to find this behavior annoying, I find it useful as an alert telling me when the plot has been processed, and I can do something else while Matlab is running.
I would, however, like to have Matlab stealing window focus whenever calculations are done (Matlab being idle), and not just when I include the plot() or figure() command.
I have found a post about disabling the window stealing behavior of plot() and figure() (Inhibit Matlab Window Focus Stealing), but not on adding window stealing behavior when calculations are done. Can it be done?
To make Matlab command window get focus, you can add commandwindow after the calculations. From the documentation,
commandwindow opens the MATLAB® Command Window when it is closed, and selects the Command Window when it is open.
To make an existing figure get focus, you can add figure(h), where h is the figure handle. From the documentation,
figure(h) does one of the following [...]
If h is the handle or the Number property value of an existing figure, then figure(h) makes that existing figure the current figure, makes it visible, and moves it on top of all other figures on the screen. The current figure is the target for graphics output.
I've a GUI(i.e. lets call it 'First')through which i can choose to open other GUIs(let's call them 'Second' and 'Third').I want to put a 'pushbutton' on the 'First'GUI that allows me to manipulate the figure on the different axes of the 'Second' and 'Third' GUIs. So, i choose with the 'First'GUI if use either 'Second' or 'Third' GUI; once i've chosen that i start to work just with the GUI that i chose (so the Third one or Second ones). Now i want to have a pushbutton not on each GUIs (Second or Third) but only on the First one in order to manipulate the figure on the axes 1 of the Second or Third (depends on which one i've previously chosen). Furthermore this pushbutton that i want is optional and i need to refresh my axes after used that.
I've done my best to explain the situation,please if you know any solution help me out!!Thanks
Your question is similar to other examples, such as this.
To understand how to solve your problem, you need to remember that MATLAB "decides" which axes to update based on the axes handle provided by the user. If the user doesn't provide a handle, a default gca (the current axes) is used. The axes that gca points to, is the first child of type 'axes' of the figure, that is, the first entry in findobj(hFigure,'Type','axes'). You can read about setting the current axes here.
Having established that, the solution you are looking for would involve storing the axes handles somewhere, and retrieving the correct one when you are about to update a plot. A common place to store it is the "application-defined data" (appdata), accessible by setappdata and getappdata, as mentioned in the first link above and also here.
The procedure you should undergo is:
Upon creating a figure, store the axes handle in appdata by calling setappdata(0,name,val) (e.g. setappdata(0,'axTag1',handles.axTag1)) from your GUI initialization function. The value 0 for the 1st argument stores it in MATLAB's root object (you can think of it as the main MATLAB window), so that even if any of the figures is closed, the information is maintained as long as MATLAB is still open.
Whenever you want to modify an axes, just obtain the appropriate handle using value = getappdata(0,name) and use it to update the corresponding axes.
So I'm working on some simple neural network problems for a class I'm taking, and I've mostly done all of the work.
However, I'd like to be able to press run and have all of the relevant figures and graphs pop out so I can easily show my work.
To do this I've been drawing setting the names of figures that I plot in using the
figure('Name', 'NameGoesHere', 'NumberTitle', 'off')`
variant of the figure function.
The thing is, one of the things that I have to show are performance graphs for the different networks I made, and using plotperform(tr) sets the window name to Performace (plotperform) even if I try setting the figure name to something else. Any help?
Here's a picture showing what I mean:
Oh, and, being really new to Matlab, correct me if I'm wrong, but since performance is defined as mean absolute error, the lower it is, the better right? So is there a way to set is so plotperform actually selects the lowest point of the graph as the best instead of the first one?
Another thing I'd like to be able to do is have the training information nntraintool open in a new window every time I call the train(netA, P, T) function. Right now, every time it's called it just overwrites the previous info in the nntraintool window. Is it even possible to do this?
This is the window I'm talking about: