select folder in GUI matlab and uigetdir
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Hi,
How can I use the uigedir function in matlab GUI, using a Push Button and to show the selected folder in a Edit text. An example will be great help.
Thanks.
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Image Analyst
on 4 Oct 2012
folder = uigetdir();
textLabel = sprintf('Your folder is %s', folder);
set(handleToYourTextLabel, 'String', textLabel);
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Arif ul Maula
on 22 Mar 2016
Can you please tell me that when we deploy matlab gui using deploytool, then .exe we get is not able to add directory other than the one where we find our distributable files, why??
How can I add image directories anywhere on my system? please help!!
Image Analyst
on 22 Mar 2016
That's why I don't use deploytool.
I've even let them know I won't use deploytool until they let me create folders, during installation, at any location I want, such as under c:\users\public\document or wherever. Currently you can only create subfolders of your installation folder and nowhere else. I use a third party installer, Wise. It's now defunct but I still keep using it because it has a nice two-panel drag and drop capability (drag from your computer onto the target computer) that other installers like InstallShield don't have. I haven't found any modern installer that I like yet.
A workaround is to have a function when you start your app to look for the folder you want, and if it's not there, create it with mkdir() and copy/move any files you want from the app's folder to that folder that you just made.
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