so... here is a quick example to create a waitbar that you can do some extra stuff by utilizing java. i'll let you figure out how to get it so that you create the progress bars downward for new waitbars or however you want to represent them.
function wbartest()
[hPb1, hfig]=joes_super_waitbar(1,0);
for ind = 1:10:100
[hPb1, hfig]=joes_super_waitbar(1,ind,hfig,hPb1);
[hPb2, hfig]=joes_super_waitbar(2,0,hfig);
for jnd = 1:10:100
[hPb2, hfig]=joes_super_waitbar(2,jnd,hfig,hPb2);
[hPb3, hfig]=joes_super_waitbar(3,0,hfig);
for knd = 1:1:100
[hPb3, hfig]=joes_super_waitbar(3,knd,hfig,hPb3);
end
delete(hPb3)
end
delete(hPb2)
end
close(hfig)
%now go and create stuff and close stuff
end
function [hPb , hbar]=joes_super_waitbar(numbar,value,hbar,hPb)
%create figure if only the bar number and it's value is inputted.
if nargin<3
hbar =figure(100); %some large figure number.
%I kept it the same so i didn't have to keep closing figures
%or having lots of open figures during my quick test
hbar.Position(4)=10;
end
% if no waitbar "handle" was passed create one
if nargin<4
jPb = javax.swing.JProgressBar;
set(jPb,'StringPainted',1,'Value',12.5,'Indeterminate',0);
[hPb, hContainer] = javacomponent(jPb,[0 10*(numbar-1) 400 10],hbar);
hbar.Position(4)=10*numbar;
end
%now we should have a figure window, and waitbar "handle" lets set the value
set(hPb,'Value',value);
drawnow;
end
or..... you could just pass the waitbar created handles to the new waitbar instance overwriting the current waitbar status and text. This way you don't create a new waitbar but instead update it most recent progress. You'll have to figure out what parent progress you have to revert to when you used to close the hbar.
