MATLAB: Is there a migration path from gui’s made in guide to programmatic gui’s

Question

I'm getting tired of GUIDE bogging down. Is there a way to convert my .fig file to a programmatic GUI (other than manually)? Or some way to help me do it manually like get a listing of the controls and their positions or something.

Answer 1

Searching in the FileExchange is a good idea:

• http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/14340-convert-fig-to-matlab-code
• http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/20152-guidegetter

FIG files are MAT-files actually. So using LOAD to get them and http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24447-generate-m-file-code-for-any-matlab-variable could be working also, but I have not tried it.