MATLAB: Using pushbutton to load an .m file in GUI

matlab guipushbutton

I'd like for a pushbutton to open a .m file(when you run the .m file, a .fig file appears). How do I do that?
I actually don't know anything about MATLAB, this was just my officemate's work passed on to me.

Best Answer

you would first create a pushbutton in either GUIDE or manually using uicontrol. Then you would change the callback function to run a function that uses uigetfile() and the run() functions. see my example:
function test() %main function
%create the button and adjust the callback
btn = uicontrol('Style', 'pushbutton', 'String', 'Clear',...
        'Position', [20 20 50 20],...
        'Callback', @runfile);    
 %what the button does when clicked      
  function runfile(hobject,event)
          [file folder]=uigetfile('*.m'); %prompt user to select mfile
          run(fullfile(folder,file)); %fun the m-file.
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