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Topic: save figures without displaying
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Oliver Woodford

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Re: save figures without displaying
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 4:56 AM
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"Oliver" wrote:
> Problem: I have a tool that batch processes data and creates loads (00's) of figures. I don't want them flashing up and getting in the way while the user is still trying to work on the machine.

There is a much simpler solution than making the figures not visible. Always render into the same figure:

for a = 1:num_figs
set(0, 'CurrentFigure', 1);
clf reset;
% Plot here
% Save here, using print or export_fig
end

This avoids bringing the figure to the foreground every time it's rendered.

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