set (External Interfaces/API)

Set an interface property to a specific value.

Syntax

set (a [, 'propertyname' [, value [, arg1, arg2, ...]]])

Arguments
a
An activex object handle previously returned from actxcontrol, actxserver, get, or invoke.

propertyname
A string that is the name of the property to be set.

value
The value to which the interface property is set.

arg1, ..., argn

Arguments, if any, required by the property. Properties are similar to methods in that it is possible for a property to have arguments.

Returns

There is no return value from set.

Description

Set an interface property to a specific value. See Converting Data for information on how MATLAB converts workspace matrices to ActiveX data types.

Example

f = figure ('pos', [100 200 200 200]);
% Create the control to fill the figure.
a = actxcontrol ('MWSAMP.MwsampCtrl.1', [0 0 200 200], f)
set (a, 'Label', 'Click to fire event');
set (a, 'Radius', 40);
invoke (a, 'Redraw');

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