How to turn existing code into app and which components to use?

Hello! I would like to create an app that would promt a user to select a file from thier computer and then run code that I have already created. I know I need to use app designer but I do not understand which component to select to prompt the user to select and file and then on the back end how to apply my function. Any help is appreciated!

[Walter Roberson]

uigetfile() can be used in App Designer.

[Julia Williams]

Hi Walter! Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

[Bhaskar R]

You can use any action UI control button in app designer, suppose mostly used one is push button. In the respective UI control call back write your code as

[flname, pt] = uigetfile('*.m', 'Select the m file');
run([pt, flname])

For more info/ help on MATLAB app designer read

https://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/app-designer.html

[Julia Williams]

Hi Bhaskar! I ended up using this! Thank you so much!

[Walter Roberson]

Note: it would be better to use

run(fullfile(pt, flname))

uigetfile does not promise that the path will end in a directory separator.