GUI FIG-Files and M-Files :: Getting Started with GUIDE (Creating Graphical User Interfaces)

Creating Graphical User Interfaces

GUI FIG-Files and M-Files

GUIDE stores a GUI in two files, which are generated the first time you save or run the GUI:

A FIG-file, with extension .fig, which contains a complete description of the GUI layout and the components of the GUI: push buttons, menus, axes, and so on.
An M-file, with extension .m, that contains the code that controls the GUI, including the callbacks for its components.

These two files correspond to the tasks of laying out and programming the GUI. When you lay out of the GUI in the Layout Editor, your work is stored in the FIG-file. When you program the GUI, your work is stored in the M-file.

Running a GUI Programming the GUI M-file