Modifying a message / dialog box in a function for different parts of the function and automatically closing?

Is it possible (via app designer) to pop up some message box / dialog as I run a set of initialisations (i.e. serialport openings, initial writes and reads), update the message box when I want to and then close automatically at the end certain condition are met?

Thnaks for any pointers.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/uialert.html

uialert() with 'modal', false should return a handle that you can manipulate the properties of

[Jason]

handle? Im using appdesigner

[Adam]

All ui objects have a handle, whatever method of GUI creation you are using. The properties stored in your app are ui object handles too.

[Jason]

Thankyou, its still not quite what I want. I dont want the OK button to appear (hence give the user a change to interact) until I get to the bottom of my initialisation function

[Walter Roberson]

Also I just noticed that uialert() cannot have output :(

Answer 2

[Jason]

A uiprogressdlg is what im after,