% gettext() - This function prints a dialog box on screen and waits for % the user to enter a string. There is a cancel button which % returns a value of []. % Usage: % >> out = gettext(label1,label2,...,label7); % % Author: Colin Humphries, CNL / Salk Institute, La Jolla, 1997 % Copyright (C) 1997 Colin Humphries, Salk Institute % % This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by % the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or % (at your option) any later version. % % This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the % GNU General Public License for more details. % % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License % along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software % Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA % 01-25-02 reformated help & license -ad function out = gettext(label1,label2,label3,label4,label5,label6,label7); global is_text_entered is_text_entered = 0; for i = 1:nargin eval(['leng(i) = length(label',num2str(i),');']) end figurelength = 15*1.0*max(leng); if figurelength < 240 figurelength = 290; end figureheight = 80+nargin*18; % Set figure figure('Position',[302 396 figurelength figureheight],'color',[.6 .6 .6],'NumberTitle','off') f1 = gcf; ax = axes('Units','Pixels','Position',[0 0 figurelength figureheight],'Visible','off','XLim',[0 figurelength],'YLim',[0 figureheight]); for i = 1:nargin eval(['text(figurelength/2,',num2str(figureheight-(i-1)*18-20),',label',num2str(i),',''color'',''k'',''FontSize'',16,''HorizontalAlignment'',''center'')']) end % Set up uicontrols TIMESTRING = ['global is_text_entered;is_text_entered = 1;clear is_text_entered']; u = uicontrol('Style','Edit','Units','Pixels','Position',[15 20 figurelength-95 25],'HorizontalAlignment','left','Callback',TIMESTRING); TIMESTRING = ['global is_text_entered;is_text_entered = 2;clear is_text_entered']; v = uicontrol('Style','Pushbutton','Units','Pixels','Position',[figurelength-70 20 55 25],'String','Cancel','Callback',TIMESTRING); while(is_text_entered == 0) drawnow end if is_text_entered == 1 out = get(u,'string'); else out = []; end clear is_text_entered delete(f1)