How can I change the default file type of the Save As command for a figure window in MATLAB 6.5 (R13)?

I would like to change the default file type of the "Save As" dialog box to something other than a MATLAB FIG-file.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to specify the default file type of the Save As command is not available in MATLAB 6.5 (R13).

To work around this issue, a custom menu can be created using the UIMENU function as shown in the following code:

menuHandle = uimenu(gcf, 'label','Save As TIFF image', ...

'callback', 'saveas(gcf, uiputfile({''*.tif'' ''TIFF image (*.tif)''}, ''Save As''))');

Insert this code into the program that produces the figure window.