MATLAB: Save GUI fig by name from edit text

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I am trying to save a figure in GUI, I want when the user click on a push button the below window appear.

I applied the follwoing function:

filter = {'*.m';'*.emf';'*.*'};
[file, path] = uiputfile(filter);

but when I press (save) nothing is saved. The problem is how to connect my figure to the above function.

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Place this code in a callback function designed to save the figure. See inline comments for details.

newFig = figure();                         % Create a new parent figure
newAx = copyobj(handles.axes1, newFig);    % Copy your GUI axis to the new figure
%               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Put your axis handle here
% Reposition the axis to default position within the new figure
newAx.Units = 'Normalize';                
newAx.Position = [.13, .11, .76, .82]; 
% Ask user for path and filename
[file, path] = uiputfile('.fig');
% Save figure and print out a confirmation. 
savefig(fullfile(path,file));
fprintf('Figure saved: %s\n', file)     % optional

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Updated!

Hi Abdullah,

Based on your comment I updated the answer

function pushbutton_SaveasImg_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
Fig1 = figure('Units','normalized','Position',[0.1 0.1 0.8 0.8]);
set(Fig1,'Visible','off');
find_leg = findobj(handles.axes4,'tag','legend'); % axes4 is the name of your Axes
% retrieve the legend strings
legendstr=get(find_leg,'String');
newAxes = copyobj(handles.axes4,Fig1); % Copy the appropriate axes
set(newAxes,'Units','normalized','Position',[0.1 0.1 0.8 0.8]);
% recreate the legend
legend(newAxes,legendstr,'Location','northeast');
% Save as Image file.
[FileName,PathName] = uiputfile( ...
    {'*.jpg;*.tif;*.png;*.gif','All Image Files';...
    '*.*','All Files (*.*)'});
% 2. When the save window is opened to write the file name/path, 
% if the user click on cancel it will break down and an error is appearing
% below code avoid the error you are getting
if isequal(FileName,0) || isequal(PathName,0)
    disp('User Clicked Cancel.')
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    disp(['User selected ',fullfile(PathName,FileName),...
        ' and then clicked Save.'])
    saveas(Fig1, FileName);
    close(Fig1);
end

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