External Interfaces - The MathWorks - #401

Finding All Enumerated Properties

The get and set functions support enumerated values for properties for those applications that provide them. Use the set function to see which properties use enumerated types.

For example, create an Excel^® spreadsheet:

h = actxserver('excel.application'); Type:

h.set MATLAB displays:

ans =

Creator: {'xlCreatorCode'} ConstrainNumeric: {}

CopyObjectsWithCells: {} Cursor: {4x1 cell} CutCopyMode: {2x1 cell}

MATLAB displays the properties that accept enumerated types as nonempty cell arrays. In this example, Cursor and CutCopyMode accept a choice of settings. Properties for which there is only one possible setting are displayed as a one row cell array (see Creator, above).

Use the get function to display the current values ofthese properties. Type: h.get

MATLAB displays information such as:

Creator: 'xlCreatorCode'

ConstrainNumeric: 0

CopyObjectsWithCells: 1

Cursor: 'xlDefault'

CutCopyMode: ''

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