app designer ui pause

Hey every

I want to find a solution that pause my GUI that created by app designer.

I mean exactly like the uigetfile()

that when you run it you can’t reach the main GUI windows till close the uigetfile () window.

i need a way to pause my first GUI in background till my second GUI is in front.

many thanks

Abolfazl Nejatian

[Geoff Hayes]

Abolfazl - are you saying that when the uigetfile dialog appears, you can still interact with your GUI (the one that launched the uigetfile dialog)?

Answer 1

[Ishaan Mehta]

Hi Abolfazl,

As I understand, you wish to disallow access to the applicaiton's GUI temporarily while some background process is running. Once the process is complete, you wish to re-enable the GUI.

This is the case with "uietfile" function to, where the GUI is usable again once the file picker dialog is closed.

To temporarily disable the GUI, "uiprogressdlg" funciton can be utilized as explained in the below MATLAB Answers post:

Can I set the UIFigure or AppDesigner GUI to be disable?

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1722690-can-i-set-the-uifigure-or-appdesigner-gui-to-be-disable

Hope it helps!