How to disable minimize option in message box

Hi ,

I am doing an project where i display a message box for information , but my problem is that user can minimize that msg box & continue their work . I want to disable minimize option . How can i achieve it.?

Regards, Siddu

Answer 1

If you are getting information, you might want to consider an iputdlg box.

N = [];

while isempty(N)
    N = str2double(inputdlg('Enter a number from 1 to 10',...
                            'Number',1,{'5'}));
end

With this, the user cannot move on until he pushes Ok. Otherwise, look at setting the windowstyle property to modal and using UIWAIT.

Hi, your code is for input dialogue , but i am displaying message box . Is there any code for that .?

Like I said, you can still set a message box to modal and use uiwait. Did you give this a try??

Answer 2

You can use waitfor, uiwait and the 'modal' flag when creating the message box, see doc msgbox.

Answer 3

I don't think you can with the built-in msgbox() function. Even with uiwait, modal, etc. there is still the minimize icon in the title bar. You might look at Yair's site: http://undocumentedmatlab.com/ Other than that, all I can suggest is to write your own GUI for it.

You cannot continue the work, when a modal dialog blocks the execution. Otherwise "modal" would be meaningless, when I understand the term correctly.