Yearly Archives: 2016

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Checking status of warning messages in MEX

Undocumented Mex functions can be used to extract the state of Matlab warnings in run-time.

Categories: Guest bloggers, Medium risk of breaking in future versions, Undocumented function
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Password & spinner controls in Matlab GUI

Password fields and spinner controls can easily be embedded in Matlab GUIs.

Categories: GUI, High risk of breaking in future versions, Java, Semi-documented function
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Sending email/text messages from Matlab

Sending emails and SMS (text) messages from Matlab is easy, once you know a few quirks.

Categories: GUI, Java, Medium risk of breaking in future versions, Semi-documented feature, Stock Matlab function
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Afterthoughts on implicit expansion

The new implicit expansion feature of Matlab R2016b can break user code in unexpected ways.

Categories: Low risk of breaking in future versions, Stock Matlab function, Undocumented feature
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Speeding up Matlab-JDBC SQL queries

Fetching SQL ResultSet data from JDBC into Matlab can be made significantly faster.

Categories: Java, Low risk of breaking in future versions, Toolbox, Undocumented feature
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Working with non-standard DPI displays

Matlab uses logical (scaled) pixel positions. With high-DPI displays, this might cause problems, but it is easy to retrieve the physical (unscaled) pixel values.

Categories: Desktop, Figure window, GUI, Java, Low risk of breaking in future versions, Undocumented feature
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uigetfile/uiputfile customizations

A file-selector dialog window that includes an integrated preview panel is shown and explained.

Categories: GUI, High risk of breaking in future versions, Java, Undocumented feature
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Icon images & text in Matlab uicontrols

HTML can be used to add image icons to Matlab listbox and popup (drop-down) controls.

Categories: GUI, Icons, Medium risk of breaking in future versions, UI controls, Undocumented feature
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Aligning uicontrol contents

Matlab uicontrols can often be customized using plain HTML/CSS, without need for advanced Java.

Categories: GUI, Low risk of breaking in future versions, UI controls, Undocumented feature
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Customizing uifigures part 2

Matlab’s new web-based uifigures can be customized using custom CSS and Javascript code.

Categories: Figure window, Guest bloggers, GUI, High risk of breaking in future versions, Undocumented feature
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