is it possible to add an icon to a waitbar?

I want to add an icon to a wait bar, like in an error message in errordlg, is this possible?

Thank you for any help you offer,

Ben

Answer 1

[yingmu zhaoyang]

same quesion!

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

waitbar() returns the handle to a figure. The figure contains an axes and a java area. The axes is used to place the current message. The java area will be controlled by java methods -- the update of the bar length is done by calling java routines.

errordlg() and similar invoke msgbox() to create the box and icon. msgbox() creates a figure, and puts an axes inside the figure. Inside the axes it uses image() to draw the icon.

Therefore, in order to put an icon into a waitbar, find the axes inside the handle, and image() into the axes.

You will, however, have to be careful about the positioning of the image: you probably do not have very much room unless you make the figure larger (so that it can hold a larger axes.)

There is no built-in method to add an icon to a waitbar.