MATLAB: How to indicate that GUI is busy running

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I would like to know how to indicate in my GUI that MATLAB is currently busy running some piece of code (e.g. a long computation). Currently, there is no indication in the GUI that the code is running, causing the user to wonder whether it is working or just not responsive.

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Hi Kyle,
two typical main ways to do this: in your callback do
set(handles.figure1, 'pointer', 'watch')
drawnow;
% your computation
set(handles.figure1, 'pointer', 'arrow')
This shows the hour glass during the callback. If the callback indeed takes longer, use function "waitbar" to indicate progress ...
Titus
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