stopButton

Displays a stop button.

Contents

Syntax

[F, H] = stopButton()

Description

[F, H] = stopButton() displays a Stop button that can be used, for example, to abort data collection using a PicoScope PC Oscilloscope in streaming mode.

Example

[F, H] = stopButton();

flag = 1;
setappdata(gcf, 'run', flag);

disp('Entering loop.');

n = 1;

while(n == 1)

    flag = getappdata(gcf, 'run');
    drawnow;

    if(flag == 0)

        disp('STOP button clicked.')
        break;

    end

    % Perform some tasks

    % Check if 'STOP' button pressed
    flag = getappdata(gcf, 'run');
    drawnow;

    if(flag == 0)

        disp('STOP button clicked.')
        break;

    end

end

disp('Exited loop.');

% Close the STOP button window
if(exist('F', 'var') && exist('H', 'var'))

close('Stop Button');
clear F;
clear H;

end

drawnow;

Entering loop.
STOP button clicked.
Exited loop.

Input Arguments

Output Arguments

See Also

figure | uicontrol

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