SHOWWINDOW Change the state of a window.
SHOWWINDOW(NAME,STATE) changes the state of the window with a certain NAME
to the specified STATE. STATE must be one of the following:
'hide','shownormal','normal','showminimized','showmaximized','maximize',
'shownoactivate','show','minimize','showminnoactive','showna','restore',
'showdefault','forceminimize','max'
This page describes the difference between these states:
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FORCEMINIMIZE Windows 2000/XP: Minimizes a window, even if the thread that
owns the window is hung. This flag should only be used when minimizing
windows from a different thread.
HIDE Hides the window and activates another window.
MAXIMIZE Maximizes the specified window.
MINIMIZE Minimizes the specified window and activates the next top-level
window in the Z order.
RESTORE Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or
maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An
application should specify this flag when restoring a minimized window.
SHOW Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position.
SHOWDEFAULT Sets the show state based on the SW_ value specified in the
STARTUPINFO structure passed to the CreateProcess function by the program
that started the application.
SHOWMAXIMIZED Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window.
SHOWMINIMIZED Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window.
SHOWMINNOACTIVE Displays the window as a minimized window. This value is
similar to SW_SHOWMINIMIZED, except the window is not activated.
SHOWNA Displays the window in its current size and position. This value is
similar to SW_SHOW, except the window is not activated.
SHOWNOACTIVATE Displays a window in its most recent size and position. This
value is similar to SW_SHOWNORMAL, except the window is not actived.
SHOWNORMAL Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or
maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An
application should specify this flag when displaying the window for the
first time.
Examples:
>> showwindow('MATLAB','minimize')
>> showwindow('','minimize')
>> figure(4); showwindow('Figure No. 4','maximize'); text(.5,.5,'Simoneau')