I'm creating a uitable in Matlab Guide that generates file names automatically based off of several parameters that a user will enter. For each file name in the table, a run time and number of runs can be specified.
I'm trying to write a callback function for the uitable that will automatically update the run names when either the run time or number of runs is edited. This is the callback function I've written.
function runTableCallback(hObject,callbackdata)
numval = eval(callbackdata.EditData);
r = callbackdata.Indices(1);
c = callbackdata.Indices(2);
if c==2
handles.runnums(r,1)=numval;
hObject.Data{r,c} = numval;
elseif c==3
handles.runtimes(r,1)=numval;
hObject.Data{r,c} = numval;
end
[runlog,runnames,runnums,runtimes,rundesc]=generateRuns(hObject,handles);
handles.runlog=runlog;
handles.runnames=runnames;
handles.runnums=runnums;
handles.runtimes=runtimes;
handles.rundesc=rundesc;
set(handles.uitable19,'Data',[handles.runlog,handles.runnames,handles.runnums,handles.runtimes]);
guidata(hObject, handles);
I need to call the 'generateRuns' funtion in order to create the updated table information with the edited data. Then that updated information will be displayed in the table using the "set" function on the next line. However, I am getting the following error:
Undefined function or variable "handles".
How can I access handles within the callback function? The callback function is specified in the UI Controls for the table in another object callback function.
set(handles.uitable19,'CellEditCallback',#runTableCallback);
Any help would be much appreciated.
You have not passed handles to your callback.
Try adjusting your set call to this:
set(handles.uitable19,'CellEditCallback', {#runTableCallback, handles});
And your function definition to:
function runTableCallback(hObject, callbackdata, handles)
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I have a simple GUI where I want to use a text field to display a constantly changing value generated in a loop. I just don't now how to get it working. From the help files and some forum thread I have the following:
First I create my text object:
hTimer = uicontrol('Style','text','String','Time',...
'Position',[450,300,60,15],...
'Callback',#Timer_CreateFcn);
I create some function:
function Timer_CreateFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles)
global statText
statText = hObject;
end
and then I have have my loop where the values are generated:
while ...
textString=['TestCycleTime = ',num2str(datestr(tsNum(idx-5)-tsNumDoor(1),'MM:SS.FFF')),' [Min:Sec]'];
global statText;
set(statText, 'String', textString);
end
The script is running without errors, but still the timer is not updating.
Could someone please give me a hint?
The issue is that you are updating the 'String' property of your text object within a while loop which prevents MATLAB from automatically taking the time to actually render the change. To alter this behavior, you can explicitly call drawnow after settings the 'String' property to explicitly render the current figure.
set(hTimer, 'String', textString);
drawnow
As a side-note, I would recomment looking into the ways to pass data around your app rather than using global variables.
I have being to share data between several callback options in Matlab, however no succes so far. I have a gui with multiple tables which I use to get the input from the user. I have multiple callback functions for the different tables. I would like to use the data from table 1 and callback 1 together with the date in table 2 in callback two.
function MaterialProperties(Material, Data)
Material_data = get(Material, 'Data');
% Avoid bluehighlight in table
set(Material,'Data',{'dummy'});
set(Material,'Data', Material_data);
% Store variable in workspace
assignin('base','Material_data',Material_data)
%Mat_data = guidata(gcbo);
%for i=1:size(Material_data,2)
% Mat_data.MatData{i}=Material_data{i};
%end
% Save the change you made to the structure
guidata(gcbo,Mat_data)
assignin('base','Mat_data',Mat_data)
end
function Stacking_sequence(Layup, Data)
% I want to use the date (Material_data) of MaterialProperties here in this callback
layup_data = get(Layup, 'Data');
%overwrite data with a dummy and restore the old data afterwards, to force deselection
set(Layup,'Data',{'dummy'});
set(Layup,'Data', layup_data );
%store variable in workspace
assignin('base','layup_data',layup_data)
layup = strsplit(layup_data{1,1},'\');
assignin('base','layup',layup)
end
Can anyone help. I tried theMatlab help, but the suggestions stated there didn't work (maybe I implemented it wrong)
It looks like you simply need to retrieve the handles structure at the beginning of callback 2, like you did in the first callback:
Mat_data = guidata(gcbo);
after which it should be available in the 2nd callback. By the way this very line and the 3 lines following it are commented in your code is that a mistake?
Alternative solution:
As an alternative solution, you can use setappdata/getappdata to share data between function callbacks as well as in the command window, depending on where you store those data.
For example, if you save Material_data at the end of the 1st callback using something like this:
setappdata(0,'MatData',Material_Data); % Save in the Matlab root 0 (accessible everywhere), and give some dummy name)
Then at the beginning of the 2nd callback, you can retrieve the data using getappdata:
Material_Data = getappdata(0,'MatData');
and you're good to go. Instead of using the 0 root, you could also store the data in the GUI itself, using for example handles.FigureGUI or whatever the name of the figure is. Then the data would be available only if the figure is not closed/deleted. Play around with those and see what you prefer.
Hope that helps!
In this post,Matlab: How to get the current mouse position on a click by using callbacks , it shows something as follows:
function mytestfunction()
f=figure;
set(f,'WindowButtonDownFcn',#mytestcallback)
function mytestcallback(hObject,~)
pos=get(hObject,'CurrentPoint');
disp(['You clicked X:',num2str(pos(1)),', Y:',num2str(pos(2))]);
However, I cannot get the pos and use it in mytestfunction().
could anyone help ? Thanks !
If you are not using GUIDE and hence do not have the handles structure (see bottom), you can utilize the UserData property of the figure to pass any information:
set(gcf,'UserData',pos);
Then you can access pos from anywhere else via:
pos = get(gcf,'UserData');
See this MathWorks description of the UserData property, and this full example. From the first page:
All GUI components, including menus and the figure itself have a UserData property. You can assign any valid MATLAB workspace value as the UserData property's value, but only one value can exist at a time.
As a workaround to this limitation, you could assign a struct to UserData that has all the properties needed by your program stored in different fields.
A detail I left out in the commands above is the figure/object handle (you probably don't actually want to use gcf). In mytestfunction you have it stored in f. In the callback you can find the parent figure of the hObject by:
f = ancestor(hObject,'figure');
One way to use the above approach is to simply wait for changes in the UserData property:
function mytestfunction()
f=figure; set(f,'WindowButtonDownFcn',#mytestcallback)
maxPos=10; cnt=0;
while cnt<maxPos, waitfor(f,'UserData'); pos=get(gcf,'UserData'), cnt=cnt+1; end
function mytestcallback(hObject,~)
pos=get(hObject,'CurrentPoint');
set(ancestor(hObject,'figure'),'UserData',pos);
Note that another way to handle events is to implement a listener to respond to the clicking event, but the WindowButtonDownFcn callback should work fine.
Originally, I was thinking GUIDE, in which you would have the handles structure. This is one purpose of the handles structure. Store the position in a field of handles, and update it:
handles.pos = pos; % store it
guidata(hObject,handles); % update handles in GUI
Then back in mytestfunction or whatever other callback needs access to pos, you can use handles.pos, if the handles structure is up to date.
I have a uitable in MATLAB and currently I have callback functions to every cell.
I have been trying for a while now to set a callback to the column and row name, but with no success. More specifically if the user clicks on a particular column name, is it possible to call a function?
Please let me know if you need any more info... I would appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance!
First of all, you have to register callback to table header object. It is JTableHeader object, and you can access with findjobj function.
I created demo for registering callback function for column name click event.
This callback function is used to modify the clicked column name. It is tested on Matlab R2015a.
To run this demo, download findjobj file, and put in the same folder. Then run below code.
function TableDemo()
% Demonstration of clickable columnname.
% In this example, we use the click event to modify column name.
figure('menubar','none','numbertitle','off', 'Name', 'DEMO');
myTable = uitable('Data', magic(4), 'ColumnName',{'A','B','C','D'}, 'ColumnWidth',{50});
% Accessing underlying java object.
jscrollpane = findjobj(myTable);
jtable = jscrollpane.getViewport.getView;
jheader= jtable.getTableHeader(); % Here, you got JTableHeader object.
h=handle(jheader, 'callbackproperties');
% Set a matlab function as MouseClickedCallback
set(h, 'MouseClickedCallback', {#onHeaderClick, jtable, myTable});
end
function onHeaderClick(src, evt, jtable, hTable)
if(get(evt, 'ClickCount') > 1)
disp('header double clicked');
% Get view index from current mouse point, and convert it to
% model index. Then add 1 because Matlab index starts from 1.
index = jtable.convertColumnIndexToModel(src.columnAtPoint(evt.getPoint())) + 1;
prompt={'Column Name'};
title='Enter column names';
numLines=1;
defaultAnswer=hTable.ColumnName(index);
options.Resize='on';
options.WindowStyle='modal';
newName=inputdlg(prompt,title,numLines,defaultAnswer,options);
if ~isempty(newName)
hTable.ColumnName(index) = newName;
end
end
end
This seems to be impossible using only the standard MATLAB interface to uitable.
However, you can access the underlying Java JTable as described on undocumentedmatlab.com. Using the JTable instance you should be able to install an appropriate event handler, see this question on SO and this other article on undocumentedmatlab.com.
I'm getting this error:
Error in ==> APP>pushbutton2_Callback at 109
img=imread(FileName)
When I try to use FileName in pushbutton2_Callback I'm getting the error mentioned
FileName is variable in pushbutton1_Callback.
You need to pass the variable FileName from one callback to the other. To do this, you can assign the variable to the 'UserData' field of pushbutton1. Your code under pushbutton1_Callback should look something like:
FileName=uigetfile();
set(handles.pushbutton1,'UserData',FileName);
Next, you need to read in the variable under your pushbutton2_Callback:
FileName=get(handles.pushbutton1,'UserData');
img=imread(FileName);
If you want to check your results, you can always leave the semicolons off the end of the lines.
There's a general method to store data with your gui for use between callbacks. You can add arbitrary fields to the handles object, so you can put in your pushbutton1 callback
handles.filename = FileName;
guidata(hObject,handles);
The second line is boilerplate code that you need to put at the end of any callback that changes values in the handles structure.
Now all of your callbacks will have access to the file name. In your specific case, in callback 2, you would have
img = imread(handles.filename);
Of course, you might want to use this image later on in another function, so you can store it in handles too
handles.img = img;
guidata(hObject, handles);