what is the handle for my uipanel, GUIDE

hi, I have created a uipnel in GUIDE. how can I find the handle to that uipanel? I want to use that uipanel to place a waitbar in it using a function I found here: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23169-improved-waitbar

but I cant find the hanndle to that uipnael.

[Milad]

the name of my gui is g1.m associated with gi.fig

in command window:

>> h=g1

h =

    173.0012

>> handles = guihandles(h)

handles = 

                figure1: 173.0012
               waitbarr: 182.0012
                  exitt: 181.0012
           pushbutton28: 180.0012
                 text24: 179.0012
      push_opendatafile: 178.0012
                 text23: 177.0012
          run_examine_N: 176.0012
          panel_Nvalues: 15.0013
           optimization: 11.0013
                  axes1: 6.0013
                 panel1: 3.0013
                  begin: 0.0013
                   run1: 174.0012
                 text18: 175.0012
                  editN: 17.0013
          popup_Nvalues: 16.0013
                  help1: 14.0013
                     no: 13.0013
                    yes: 12.0013
                 reload: 5.0013
                 import: 4.0013
                 single: 2.0013
            monte_carlo: 1.0013

doesnt this mean that the handle of my waitbar is 182.0012?

then why I get this response:

>> get(182.0012)
Error using handle.handle/get
Invalid or deleted object.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

The handle is handles.panel1. You use that instead of the actual number. For what it's worth, here is the progress bar code I use:

%--------------------------------------------------------------------
% Displays a progress bar on the figure at the specified location.
% percentageDone should be a number between 0 and 1.
function handleToProgressBar = DisplayProgressBar(varargin) 
%DisplayProgressBar: A progress bar that can be embedded in a GUI figure. 
%  Syntax and sample calling:
%  progressBarPosition = [.007 .46 .38 .027];  % Position of progress bar in normalized units. 
%   handleToProgressBar = DisplayProgressBar(progressBarPosition); 
%    for k = 1:100
%    percentageDone = k / 100;
%    DisplayProgressBar(handleToProgressBar, percentageDone) 
%    end 
%   % Delete the progress bar.  Make it disappear.
%   delete(handleToProgressBar);
% Written by Doug Schwarz, 11 December 2008 

  try
    if ishandle(varargin{2}) 
      % Progress Bar axes exist already.  Just need to set the value.
      handleToProgressBar = varargin{2}; 
      %msgboxw('Progress bar already exists.');
      value = varargin{3}; % Percent done, in the range 0-1.
      numberOfImagesAlreadySnapped = int32(varargin{4});
      grandTotalOfImages = int32(varargin{5});
      p = get(handleToProgressBar, 'Child'); 
      x = get(p, 'XData'); 
      x(3:4) = value; 
      set(p, 'XData',x);
      caption = sprintf('%d of %d Images = %.2f%%Done', numberOfImagesAlreadySnapped, grandTotalOfImages, value*100);
      title(handleToProgressBar, []);
      title(handleToProgressBar, caption);
      return;
    else
      % Progress Bar axes doesn't yet exist.  Need to create one.
      % First argument is the size (not a handle).
      %msgboxw('Progress bar does not exist yet.  First argument is the location and size (not a handle).');
      h = varargin{1};  % Get the handles structure.
      progressBarPosition = varargin{2}; 
      % Make sure we're on this figure, not the calibration figure like we are if we launch this from calibrate().
      figure(h.figMainWindow);
      drawnow;
      if length(progressBarPosition) < 4
        %msgboxw('Problem: length(progressBarPosition) = %d.', length(progressBarPosition));
        % Should not happen.  If it does, set up default.
        progressBarPosition = [.007 .46 .38 .027];
      end
      backgroundColor = [236 0 140] / 255;  % Fuschia, magenta.
      foregroundColor = [0 128 0] / 255; % Dark Green
      handleToProgressBar = axes('Units', 'normalized',... 
        'Position',progressBarPosition,... 
        'XLim',[0 1], 'YLim',[0 1],... 
        'XTick',[], 'YTick',[],... 
        'Color', backgroundColor,... 
        'XColor', backgroundColor, 'YColor', backgroundColor); 
      patch([0 0 0 0], [0 1 1 0], foregroundColor,... 
        'Parent', handleToProgressBar,... 
        'EdgeColor', 'none',... 
        'EraseMode', 'none'); 
    %   set(h, 'units', 'normalized');
        % Set up a title for it.
        title(handleToProgressBar, []);
        title(handleToProgressBar, '0% Done');    
    end 

  catch ME
    message = sprintf('Error in DisplayProgressBar():\n%s', ME.message);
    WarnUser(message);
  end
  return; % from DisplayProgressBar()

[Milad]

thanks Image Analyst. that was the answer to my question.

Answer 2

[Milad]

any idea?

Answer 3

[Adam]

handles.panel1

I would imagine since it doesn't look like you changed its tag. I don't know anything about that waitbar submission though as I use a different one that is in its own figure rather than embedded.