MATLAB: How to change the position of an INPUTDLG dialog box in MATLAB 7.10 (R2010a)

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When I create a dialog window with INPUTDLG, the position of the window defaults to the center of the screen. This sometimes causes the dialog window to open on top of other applications and GUIs. I would like to programmatically be able to specify the position ([left bottom width height]) of a dialog box created using INPUTDLG to avoid this behavior.

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The ability to specify the position, height, and width of an input dialog box created with INPUTDLG is not available in MATLAB.

As a workaround, a custom dialog box can be created using UICONTROL. The attached sample MATLAB function below MVDLG creates a dialog box with the ability to specify the position. Please extend or modify this example as required for your custom application.

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MATLAB: How to change the width of a dialog box in MATLAB

The ability to change the width of the warning dialog box so that it displays the text in one line is not available in MATLAB.

A possible workaround is to get the Children of the dialog box. Replace the axes with a text uicontrol whose width can be controlled:

Example:

input={'ddddddddddddssssssssoooooooooooooooooooooooooossssssssssseeeeeeewwwwqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnuuuuuuuuuuuuu8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888'};
h = helpdlg(input);
set(0,'ShowHiddenHandles','on');
   set(h,'Position',[100,100,500,300]);
ui = get(h,'Children');
delete(ui(2));
y=uicontrol('style','text','string',input,'units','normalized');
set(y,'Position',[.1 .5 .8 .3],'HorizontalAlignment','left');
set(h,'Children',[ui(1) ui(3) y]);

MATLAB: How to save a figure in multiple formats simultaneously in MATLAB 7.10 (R2010a)

The ability to do save a figure in mutliple formats simultaneously is not available in MATLAB 7.10 (R2010a).

To work around this issue, you need to create a shortcut in MATLAB. To do that move your mouse pointer to the shortcuts toolbar on the main MATLAB screen. Right click on the toolbar and select the 'New Shortcut' option from the context menu. A text window will open. Please copy the following snippet of code into the text window, and enter an appropriate label for the shortcut, such as "Save Figure to All Formats". Then click on the 'Save' button.

% save figure in multiple formats at the same time
filename = inputdlg('Please enter the name for your figures');
extensions = {'eps','fig','png'};
for k = 1:length(extensions)
    saveas(gcf, filename{:}, extensions{k})
end

Now each time you click this shortcut, you will be asked for a filename for your files, and the contents of the current MATLAB figure will be saved in the formats specified in 'extensions' cell array to your current directory.

To learn more about INPUTDLG type 'doc inputdlg' on the MATLAB prompt. To learn more about SAVEAS function type 'doc saveas' on the MATLAB prompt, and to learn more about creating MATLAB shortcuts please visit:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2010a/techdoc/matlab_env/bq37azl-1.html#br9cxxd

You may access the same page locally by typing the following at the MATLAB prompt:

web([docroot,'/techdoc/matlab_env/bq37azl-1.html#br9cxxd'])

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