Sharing data between GUIs by application data of root?

Hi,

I use a couple of GUIs and use setappdata(hGUI1, 'data', data) to store data. To share the handles of one GUI to all other GUIs i use setappdata(0, 'hGUI1', hGUI1).

But, to use the shared data in lets say GUI2, GUI1 needs to be open. Since every GUI use the same data, I want every GUI to work independent from the other GUIs. My idea is to directly use the application data of the root: settapdata(0, 'data', data) and thus make it accessible for every GUI.

But... Is this good idea or does it cause problems I dont see at the moment? Will this method still work with compiled versions of the GUIs? Is there a better way to solve this?

Would appreciate any help or comment - thanks!

Staffan

Answer 1

[Jan]

Storing values in the ROOTs ApplicationData or UserData is valid - as long as you do not make any mistakes. Sharing a single object is equivalent to using a GLOBAL variable. As long as you care for correct writing, especially by using a unique name for the variables, everything wents fine.

But is any problems occur, debugging will be much harder. An additional data handling layer can be very helpful then: Create a function, which is responsible for all read and writre operations to these data:

function Data = DataHandler(Command, Data)
switch Command
  case 'put'
    setappdata(0, 'DataHandler', Data);
  case 'get'
    Data = getappdata(0, 'DataHandler');
  otherwise
    error(...)
end

Then setting a single breakpoint inside this function let you observe any change of the "global" variable.

[Staffan]

Many thanks!