setappdata and getappdata issues in matlab gui

I want to share a numeric count between two callbacks in such a way that at first the count gets incremented and 'set' by setappdata after some processing. Then I push another button and want to get the incremented value through getappdata. My getappdata statement is not getting the value in a new variable.

My code is:

handles.output=hObject;

password_count = getappdata(UserRegistrationPhase,'CurrentPasswordCount');

%then some code work with password_count 

setappdata(UserRegistrationPhase,'CurrentPasswordCount',password_count);

in the other pushbutton callback:

handles.output = hObject;

current_pass = getappdata(UserRegistrationPhase,'CurrentPasswordCount');

switch current_pass
    case 1 
%and so on with the code

When I debug step-by-step, the getappdata line does nothing, and does not give the new value of incremented variable i.e. password_count. Getting confused. Im in the need of help for this. Thanks in advance.

[Adam]

What is 'UserRegistrationPhase'? This needs to be a graphics object handle.

[Ria3242]

this is my GUI name. i guess Im putting it the wrong way am I?

[Adam]

If it is the GUI name then

handles.UserRegistrationPhase

should be the handle to the GUI itself.

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

Ria3242 - since you are using GUIDE to create your GUI, then just use the handles structure to store the password count. Every callback has access to this structure and receives an updated version whenever the callback is called. For example, in your first set of code you would do

 password_count = 0;
 if isfield(handles,'CurrentPasswordCount')
     password_count = handles.CurrentPasswordCount;
 end

 %then some code work with password_count 

 % save the updated password count
 handles.CurrentPasswordCount = password_count;
 guidata(hObject,handles);

Then, in your push button callback just do

 password_count = 0;
 if isfield(handles,'CurrentPasswordCount')
     password_count = handles.CurrentPasswordCount;
 end

Try the above and see what happens!

[Ria3242]

Yes Sir I tried it. And it really works! Thank you so much for your help.