Matlab stealing focus on computer
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From: Julie on 4 Feb 2010 15:26 So, I have a C# application which calls Matlab: MLApp app = new MLApp(); app.Execute(...); This executes a .m file I have which produces a figure of a graph that pops up in a new window. Every 10 seconds, I reexecute this .m file in order to update the graph with new data. This causes Matlab to steal the focus on my computer, which makes it virtually impossible to type into other applications running on my machine, because what I'm typing instead gets entered into the Matlab command window. What can I do to prevent Matlab from stealing focus on my computer? Julie
From: ImageAnalyst on 4 Feb 2010 15:41 Julie: Here's the answer I got last November. Maybe it will work for you: "It was a pleasure speaking with you this morning regarding 'Figures stealing focus from OS'. After some more investigation, I was able to find another workaround for this issue. If you rewrite to the existing axes, rather than create a new axes on every iteration of the loop, the figure should stay in the background. The following code shows an example of this. f = figure; % this will create and raise one figure I = imread('pout.tif'); for i = 1:20 a = gca(f); % get the axes from the figure cla(a); % clear the axes imagesc(I); pause(1) I = I'; end If you experience any trouble with this workaround, or if it does not meet your needs, please let me know by replying to this email with the THREAD ID below. This will allow your email to be routed directly to my attention. Kind regards, Jen Jen Dobson Application Support Engineer Technical Support Department MathWorks Phone: (508) 647-7000 option 2" I wasn't creating a new axes every time, and I WAS using the same axes every time. So, as I recall it, this didn't work. But you're welcome to try this "official" answer.
From: Julie on 4 Feb 2010 17:18 ImageAnalyst <imageanalyst(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message <2225fd7a-a93e-48ef-af27-6409d50ac9ed(a)d27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>... > Julie: > Here's the answer I got last November. Maybe it will work for you: > > "It was a pleasure speaking with you this morning regarding 'Figures > stealing focus from OS'. > > After some more investigation, I was able to find another workaround > for this issue. If you rewrite to the existing axes, rather than > create a new axes on every iteration of the loop, the figure should > stay in the background. The following code shows an example of this. > > f = figure; % this will create and raise one figure > I = imread('pout.tif'); > for i = 1:20 > a = gca(f); % get the axes from the figure > cla(a); % clear the axes > imagesc(I); > pause(1) > I = I'; > end > > If you experience any trouble with this workaround, or if it does not > meet your needs, please let me know by replying to this email with the > THREAD ID below. This will allow your email to be routed directly to > my attention. > > Kind regards, > Jen > > > Jen Dobson > Application Support Engineer > Technical Support Department > MathWorks > Phone: (508) 647-7000 option 2" > > I wasn't creating a new axes every time, and I WAS using the same axes > every time. So, as I recall it, this didn't work. But you're welcome > to try this "official" answer. I will take a look at this. Thanks for responding!
From: Duke Ng on 4 Feb 2010 17:33 "Julie " <julie.vogelman(a)lmco.com> wrote in message <hkfags$2o7$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... > So, I have a C# application which calls Matlab: > > MLApp app = new MLApp(); > app.Execute(...); > > This executes a .m file I have which produces a figure of a graph that pops up in a new window. Every 10 seconds, I reexecute this .m file in order to update the graph with new data. This causes Matlab to steal the focus on my computer, which makes it virtually impossible to type into other applications running on my machine, because what I'm typing instead gets entered into the Matlab command window. > > What can I do to prevent Matlab from stealing focus on my computer? > > Julie You can also try figure's *invisible* mode fig = figure; set(fig,'visible','off'); plot(c, fig); close(fig); Bests, D.
From: Julie on 4 Feb 2010 19:07
"Duke Ng" <duke.lists(a)gmx.com> wrote in message <hkfhuu$psm$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... > "Julie " <julie.vogelman(a)lmco.com> wrote in message <hkfags$2o7$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... > > So, I have a C# application which calls Matlab: > > > > MLApp app = new MLApp(); > > app.Execute(...); > > > > This executes a .m file I have which produces a figure of a graph that pops up in a new window. Every 10 seconds, I reexecute this .m file in order to update the graph with new data. This causes Matlab to steal the focus on my computer, which makes it virtually impossible to type into other applications running on my machine, because what I'm typing instead gets entered into the Matlab command window. > > > > What can I do to prevent Matlab from stealing focus on my computer? > > > > Julie > > You can also try figure's *invisible* mode > > fig = figure; > set(fig,'visible','off'); > plot(c, fig); > close(fig); > > Bests, > > D. What does "invisible" mean? I do want my figure to be visible. |