MatLab figure date and time static text

checkbox1's callback for date and time:

m=1;
while m==1
m=get(hObject,'value');
txt=datestr(now);
set(handles.datetime,'string',txt);
pause(1);
end

can you please help me to remove the checkbox that if I will push the RUN button the datetime static text will automatically call the date and time.

[Jan]

I do not understand the question. Which checkbox do you want to remove? Does "remove" mean deleting in the GUI, unchecking in the GUI or removing the code from the FIG file or the Matlab code? There is no "RUN" button in teh shown code. What does "call the date and time" mean?

A TIMER is much smarter than a blocking loop, when you want to update a clock display.

[Lloyd]

I want to remove the checkbox1 and the RUN button that I mean is the compile button which builds up the code to make it work. Calling the date and time on a figure file and it will appear in the GUI at a static text. would you mind suggesting a better timer code?

[Jan]

I do not know a "compile button". What do you mean by "figure file"?

I do not understand any sentence currently.

[Lloyd]

ok, I have this licenseplate.fig and whenever I will open it in guide, there's a green triangle play button. If i will push it, the gui appears and I want the date and time appears as soon as I push it.

[Walter Roberson]

I think GUIDE is being referred to. And that Lloyd wants the time display to start going as soon as the GUI is launched instead of only after a button is clicked.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Create a timer() object to do the updating.

[Lloyd]

It'll be my first time to do a timer. I'm still learning matlab so please enlighten me :)