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MATLAB® 7 Creating Graphical User Interfaces

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Contents
About GUIs in MATLAB Software

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What Is a GUI?

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How Does a GUI Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Where Do I Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ways to Build MATLAB GUIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Creating a Simple GUI with GUIDE

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GUIDE: A Brief Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Is GUIDE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening...