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Createapopupmenubasedondynamicdata
AskedbySaidon9Aug2011
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IwonderifsomeonecanhelpmewiththisasIamnewtoMatlab.Ihavecreatedaguiinmatlabusingguideand
haveaddedapopupbuttonbutIwantthepopupmenucontentstovarybasedonalistcreatedstoredinastring.
e.g.Ihaveafilecalledciwhichcontains'data','door','mug'inalist.Iwantthistobeusedinthepopupmenu.
Thislistwillvarysoineedittobedynamicsoifthelistalsoincludes'phone'etcitstillworks.Cananyonehelp?
Thecodeisgivenbelow

%Executesonselectionchangeinpopupmenu4.
functionpopupmenu4_Callback(hObject,eventdata,handles)
%hObjecthandletopopupmenu4(seeGCBO)
%eventdatareservedtobedefinedinafutureversionofMATLAB
%handlesstructurewithhandlesanduserdata(seeGUIDATA)

%Hints:contents=cellstr(get(hObject,'String'))returnspopupmenu4contentsascellarray
%contents{get(hObject,'Value')}returnsselecteditemfrompopupmenu4

%Executesduringobjectcreation,aftersettingallproperties.
functionpopupmenu4_CreateFcn(hObject,eventdata,handles)
%hObjecthandletopopupmenu4(seeGCBO)
%eventdatareservedtobedefinedinafutureversionofMATLAB
%handlesemptyhandlesnotcreateduntilafterallCreateFcnscalled

%Hint:popupmenucontrolsusuallyhaveawhitebackgroundonWindows.
%SeeISPCandCOMPUTER.
ifispc&&isequal(get(hObject,'BackgroundColor'),get(0,'defaultUicontrolBackgroundColor'))
set(hObject,'BackgroundColor','white');
end

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HiIspoketosomeoneandeventuallyfigureditoutsothankforyourreplyanyway.Thedataisstoredinacell
arrayandihadapushbuttontoselectthedata.Buttheproblemwasindefiningthestringtobeusedandnot
puttingthecorrectthinginthecallbackpartofthecode.Thecodebelowiswhatseemstowork.

%Executesonbuttonpressinpushbutton3.
functionpushbutton3_Callback(hObject,eventdata,handles)
%hObjecthandletopushbutton3(seeGCBO)
%eventdatareservedtobedefinedinafutureversionofMATLAB
%handlesstructurewithhandlesanduserdata(seeGUIDATA)

%Extractcurveinformation
ci=handles.wlog.curve_info(2:end,1);
handles.ci=ci;
 %Updatehandlesstructure
guidata(handles.figure1,handles);

%Setpopupmenu1stringforlist
set(handles.popupmenu1,'string',ci)

%Executesonselectionchangeinpopupmenu1.
functionpopupmenu1_Callback(hObject,eventdata,handles)
%hObjecthandletopopupmenu1(seeGCBO)
%eventdatareservedtobedefinedinafutureversionofMATLAB
%handlesstructurewithhandlesanduserdata(seeGUIDATA)

%Hints:contents=cellstr(get(hObject,'String'))returnspopupmenu1contentsascellarray
%contents{get(hObject,'Value')}returnsselecteditemfrompopupmenu1
%data=evalin('base','ci');
data=guidata(handles.figure1);
set(hObject,'String',data.handles.ci)

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%Executesduringobjectcreation,aftersettingallproperties.
functionpopupmenu1_CreateFcn(hObject,eventdata,handles)
%hObjecthandletopopupmenu1(seeGCBO)
%eventdatareservedtobedefinedinafutureversionofMATLAB
%handlesemptyhandlesnotcreateduntilafterallCreateFcnscalled

%Hint:popupmenucontrolsusuallyhaveawhitebackgroundonWindows.
%SeeISPCandCOMPUTER.
ifispc&&isequal(get(hObject,'BackgroundColor'),get(0,'defaultUicontrolBackgroundColor'))
set(hObject,'BackgroundColor','white');
end

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AnswerbySeandeWolskion9Aug2011
 Whereisthestringstored?Isitinaneditbox?

insidethecallback:

S=get(handles.text_box_of_choice,'string');
msgbox(S);

Pleasebemorespecificandperhapsshowanimageofyourguiandpopup.

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