save the date by gui

Hi guys I used the command uicalendar to determine the date but I want to save this date in variable ... I used this

a = uicalendar

but it doesn't save the date in variable a its just gave the properties..

Answer 1

[Jan]

Did you read the documentation of uicalendar? See the example: You have to create a text uicontrol at first. The contents of the text field is set to the selected date directly.

To store the output in a variable, you need a wrapper function, which creates the text field at first and removes it afterwards:

FigH  = figure('visible', 'off')
TextH = uicontrol(FigH, 'Style', 'text');
CalH  = uicalendar('DestinationUI', {TextH, 'String'});
uiwait(CalH);
Date  = get(TextH, 'String')
delete(FigH);

Does this work? I do not have the Financial Toolbox, therefore I cannot test this.

Alternatively, you can use a date picker from the FileExchange, e.g. the nice FEX: uigetdate or FEX: calendargui.

[Khaled Al-Faleh]

yes its work sir Thanks alot