output a file text in a uicontrol of style 'static text'

Hallo.

I would like to output a text file in a GUI containg a unique large static text uicontrol (This is meant to be a Help window for another GUI).

I understand that the Text that I want to display should be set as the String property, for example the following code in the CreateFcn callback

Text = 'Hallo world!'
set(hObject,'String',Text)

works fine. But how can I obtain Text from a file which contains (multiline) text? Thanks.

Answer 1

[Jan]

See textscan.

fid = fopen('filename.txt');
if fid < 0, error('Cannot open file'); end
C = textscan(fid, '%s', 'Delimiter', '\n');
fclose(fid);

Answer 2

[Guido]

Great, thanks!

Now that it works, I realize that the text is far longer than the Static Text cell, and it is wrapped. Is there a way to have a vertical scrolling bar? If this cannot be done by a Static text uicontrol, is there any other way?

What I have to show is a long, possible changing in time, text file.

[Jan]

Try uicontrol('Sytle', 'listbox', 'String', {'1', '2', '3', '4', '5'});

Answer 3

[Guido]

Perfect! Thanks a lot.