waitbar not on top

Hi,

I have a code that has many computation steps, each with a waitbar that open and close. My problem is that it is not possible to work on other apps, like outlook or word, since the waitbar when created always appears on top and get the focus.

Is there a way to create the waitbar but do not change the window focus?

Best Regards,

Denis

Answer 1

[Joseph Cheng]

In your implementation do you need to close and create a new waitbar? can you re-purpose the existing waitbar to encompass the other computation steps?

h = waitbar(0,'Please wait...');
steps = 1000;
for step = 1:steps
    % computations take place here
    waitbar(step/steps,h,['computing 1: ' num2str(step)])
end

for step = 1:steps
    % computations take place here
    waitbar(step/steps,h,['computing 2: ' num2str(step)])
end

for step = 1:steps
    % computations take place here
    waitbar(step/steps,h,['computing 3: ' num2str(step)])
end

close(h)

[Denis]

Thank you for your answer but unfortunately I cannot apply it to my specific case. Actually, the program is quite complex dans divided in subprogram that call subfunctions, a few calling waitbars, and a kind of batch launches several subprogam in series. Therefore, it is a bit tough to put a kind of global variable for the waitbar handle.

I wonder whether a waitbar property unknown from me may address my problem.