Compiled GUI not appearing

I have been trying to compile a MATLAB based GUI and the code compiles without error. The GUI appears properly when running within MATLAB, but when I try to run the executable, the GUI itself does not appear, but is present in the Task Manager. While the program in question is a bit too large to post here, I have been able to duplicate the problem with a much smaller simple GUI. The m-file for the GUI is attached.

I am using MATLAB 2014A on 64 bit Windows 7 Professional.

[Walter Roberson]

The file did not get attached

[Joel Marchand]

I have attached the m-file. If that fails, the relevant code is below, and can be copied and pasted into a new m-file.

classdef testGUI < handle % TESTGUI Simple GUI to demonstrate that the GUI itself does not show % up when compiled.

      properties
          h;
          incButton;
          decButton;
          txtBx;
      end

      methods
          function T = testGUI()
              T.h = figure();
              T.incButton = uicontrol(T.h,...
                  'style', 'pushbutton',...
                  'string', 'Increment',...
                  'callback', @(s,e)T.buttonCallback(s,e),...
                  'units', 'normalized',...
                  'position', [0.1, 0.8, 0.8, 0.1]);
              T.decButton = uicontrol(T.h,...
                  'style', 'pushbutton',...
                  'string', 'Decrement',...
                  'callback', @(s,e)T.buttonCallback(s,e),...
                  'units', 'normalized',...
                  'position', [0.1, 0.6, 0.8, 0.1]);
              T.txtBx = uicontrol(T.h,...
                  'style', 'edit',...
                  'enable', 'inactive',...
                  'string', '0',...
                  'units', 'normalized',...
                  'position', [0.1, 0.4, 0.8, 0.1]);
          end

          function buttonCallback(T, s, ~)
              num = str2double(get(T.txtBx, 'string'));
              if eq(s, T.incButton)
                  num = num + 1;
              elseif eq(s, T.decButton)
                  num = num - 1;
              end

              set(T.txtBx, 'string', num2str(num));

          end
      end
  end

[Walter Roberson]

Does it make a difference if you add a .m that calls the constructor explicitly ?

[Joel Marchand]

I have tried this, and the GUI still remains elusive.

Specifically, I tried compiling an M-file containing the following code:

function makeAtestGUI() T = testGUI(); uiwait(T.h); end

We have a pretty restrictive security profile on our PCs. Is it possible that something in the security profile is preventing the GUI from appearing? If so, where would I try to look?

Answer 1

[Joel Marchand]

I just installed 2015B on my computer, and the problem seems to have gone away. While I do not know why it did not work in 2014A, the problem seems to been fixed.

Answer 2

[Sean de Wolski]

What Walter said.

function makeAtestGUI()
  T = testGUI();
  uiwait(T.h);
end

Now compile this.