comparison Copy_of_multithreshold 1.46/addToMsg.m @ 28:02aa9826efe0

mainly multiThreshold

+% ---------------------------------------------------------- addToMsg
+function addToMsg(message,append, warning)
+% 'message' is posted to the message board
+% if append==1, message is appended to the current message
+global experiment expGUIhandles
+
+if nargin<3
+    % this is not a warning screen
+    warning=0;
+end
+
+if append
+msg=get(expGUIhandles.textMSG,'string');
+[r c]=size(msg);
+    if length(message)<=c
+        y=[message blanks(c-length(message))];
+        msg(r+1,:)=y;
+    else
+        msg=message;
+    end
+else
+    msg=message;
+end
+
+try
+    set(expGUIhandles.textMSG,'string', msg,'fontSize', experiment.msgFontSize)
+    if warning
+        % flash red to signal a warning
+        set(expGUIhandles.textMSG,'backgroundcolor','r', 'ForegroundColor', 'w'	)
+    else
+        set(expGUIhandles.textMSG,'backgroundcolor','w', 'ForegroundColor', 'b')
+    end
+catch
+    error(message)
+end