bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #61823, not possible to print uiXXX objects

 
 

bug #61823: not possible to print uiXXX objects

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Fri 14 Jan 2022 12:09:53 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Plotting Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  Wont Fix Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Giuseppe Catastini Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Closed Release:  * dev
Operating System:  * Any Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None
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Tue 30 Jan 2024 05:55:43 PM UTC, comment #2: 

For what it's worth, Matlab is deprecating this functionality and at some point will no longer print uiXXX objects either.  I'd suggest just using a screen capture tool as a workaround.


Rik <rik5>
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Fri 14 Jan 2022 05:47:48 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I don't think uiXXX objects of any type are printable in Octave.  For example, "help print" displays documentation for the print function and I see


     '-noui'
          Don't print uicontrol objects such as pushbuttons which may
          overlay the plot.  This is the default behavior and it is not
          possible to include uicontrol objects in the output without
          using an external screen capture tool.


So, unfortunately if you want to display tabular data another program might be better.  All the calculations and data preparation can still be done in Octave, and then use a convenient format like CSV for exchanging the data with the program that would be used for printing.

On the 7.0.90 Release Candidate the code produces a much more reasonable message


error: print: no axes object in figure to print



Rik <rik5>
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Fri 14 Jan 2022 12:09:53 PM UTC, original submission:  

Dear all, I'm experiencing the following error with Octave 6.4.

Hereafter you may find a sample script that properly generates the figure, but that fails when printing the figure on a png file. I'm not able also to save the picture from the figure File/Save_as menu.

I have also attached the code as demo_error.m script.

 f=figure('position',[100 100 650 270]);
 c = uicontrol(f,'Style','text','Position',[55 155 500 155],'String','Demo Error');
 data = rand(5,4)*10;
 colnames = {'100 km', '200 km','300 km','400 km'};
 rownames = {'10 deg', '20 deg','30 deg','40 deg','50 deg'};
 f = uitable(f, 'Data', data, 'ColumnName', colnames,'RowName',rownames,'Position', [10 20 610 200]);
 
 print('-dpng','-r360','demo_error.png');

error: matrix cannot be indexed with {
error: called from
    _print_parse_opts_ at line 253 column 14
    print at line 415 column 8
    demo_error at line 11 column 2
 
Thank you in advance.

Anonymous

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2024-01-30 rik5 StatusConfirmed Wont Fix
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2022-01-14 rik5 Item GroupUnexpected Error or Warning Matlab Compatibility
        StatusNone Confirmed
        Release6.4.0 dev
        Summaryerror when printing on file a figure containing uitable object not possible to print uiXXX objects
    2022-01-14 None Attached File- Added demo_error.m, #52668

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