Set default value for slider in MATLAB

I'm trying to set a default value for my slider, but for some reason the handle value is not equal to that of the slider. I tried setting it in the CreateFcn function and then calling it back in my main function, but for some reason it's not being saved in handles.

 set(gcbo,'Value',1)
 handles.fuel_slider1 = get(gcbo,'Value')*100
 assignin('base','handles',handles);
 guidata(hObject,handles);

neither assigning nor guidata will retain the handles value and I can't call it anywhere.

I basically need to set 6 sliders to 100% and have those values be available in handles. Currently it returns the actual handle 'code' value or whatever it's called (fuel_slider2: 720.0043)

Any ideas?

thanks!

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

This is why I avoid using gcbo. Explicitly set the handles.sliderx value.

set(handles.slider1,'Value',get(handles.slider1,'Max'));

And I recommend against using assignin. Instead use a breakpoint to debug this inside of the GUI if necessary.

[Nick]

Thanks! I figured it out :)