<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <!-- Created by GNU Texinfo 6.5, http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ --> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>GUI Development (GNU Octave (version 5.1.0))</title> <meta name="description" content="GUI Development (GNU Octave (version 5.1.0))"> <meta name="keywords" content="GUI Development (GNU Octave (version 5.1.0))"> <meta name="resource-type" content="document"> <meta name="distribution" content="global"> <meta name="Generator" content="makeinfo"> <link href="index.html#Top" rel="start" title="Top"> <link href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" rel="index" title="Concept Index"> <link href="index.html#SEC_Contents" rel="contents" title="Table of Contents"> <link href="index.html#Top" rel="up" title="Top"> <link href="I_002fO-Dialogs.html#I_002fO-Dialogs" rel="next" title="I/O Dialogs"> <link href="Value-Classes-vs_002e-Handle-Classes.html#Value-Classes-vs_002e-Handle-Classes" rel="prev" title="Value Classes vs. Handle Classes"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- a.summary-letter {text-decoration: none} blockquote.indentedblock {margin-right: 0em} blockquote.smallindentedblock {margin-right: 0em; font-size: smaller} blockquote.smallquotation {font-size: smaller} div.display {margin-left: 3.2em} div.example {margin-left: 3.2em} div.lisp {margin-left: 3.2em} div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em} div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em} div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em} kbd {font-style: oblique} pre.display {font-family: inherit} pre.format {font-family: inherit} pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif} pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif} pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller} pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller} pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller} pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller} span.nolinebreak {white-space: nowrap} span.roman {font-family: initial; font-weight: normal} span.sansserif {font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: normal} ul.no-bullet {list-style: none} --> </style> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="octave.css"> </head> <body lang="en"> <a name="GUI-Development"></a> <div class="header"> <p> Next: <a href="System-Utilities.html#System-Utilities" accesskey="n" rel="next">System Utilities</a>, Previous: <a href="Object-Oriented-Programming.html#Object-Oriented-Programming" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Object Oriented Programming</a>, Up: <a href="index.html#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> </div> <hr> <a name="GUI-Development-1"></a> <h2 class="chapter">35 GUI Development</h2> <p>Octave is principally a batch or command-line language. However, it does offer some features for constructing graphical interfaces that interact with users. </p> <p>The GUI elements available are I/O dialogs, a progress bar, and UI elements for plot windows. For example, rather than hardcoding a filename for output results a script can open a dialog box and allow the user to choose a file. Similarly, if a calculation is expected to take a long time a script can display a progress bar. The various UI elements can be used to fully customize the plot window with menubars, toolbars, context menus, pushbuttons, sliders, etc. </p> <p>Several utility functions make it possible to store private data for use with a GUI which will not pollute the user’s variable space. </p> <p>Finally, a program written in Octave might want to have long term storage of preferences or state variables. This can be done with user-defined preferences. </p> <table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="I_002fO-Dialogs.html#I_002fO-Dialogs" accesskey="1">I/O Dialogs</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Progress-Bar.html#Progress-Bar" accesskey="2">Progress Bar</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="UI-Elements.html#UI-Elements" accesskey="3">UI Elements</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="GUI-Utility-Functions.html#GUI-Utility-Functions" accesskey="4">GUI Utility Functions</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="User_002dDefined-Preferences.html#User_002dDefined-Preferences" accesskey="5">User-Defined Preferences</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>