How to hide web browser while using web function

For instancce, I want to open the URL 'GOOGLE.COM' by using web function ---

[stat,h]=web('Google.COM');

can I hide web browser?

Answer 1

[Jan]

You want to open a web browser and hide it? What about using urlread instead?

[EDITED]

[stat,h] = web('www.google.com');
h.setVisible(0)

This the the window be visible, but the contents is invisible.

To hide the window:

h.getParent.getParent.getParent.getParent.getParent.getParent.getParent.setVisible(0)

Let's ask Yair, if there is a more direct solution, which looks less like I'm stammering. Bur at least, it works.

[Kye Taylor]

Haven't you tried surfing the web in MATLAB, only to have the boss man come in?

Answer 2

[Zheng]

does it work? I need to use web function to access the webpage to active online server, but I don't want the application users to see it.

Answer 3

[Sean de Wolski]

[~,h] = web('whatever')
methods(h)

There are some methods in there that might work, but these aren't documented and aren't guaranteed to work. Some relevant ones I saw: hide() and setVisible().

@Kye, I guess you could have "Hide Stuff the Boss Can't See" quick access toolbar button :)