Figure that pop up when requested.

Pretty much a figure that pop up like a warning dialog when needed. For example if I press a button and the figure is already open somewhere, the figure should pop up again.

Answer 1

[Jan]

The command figure(FigureHandle) moves the figure to the top, if FigureHandle is an existing figure.

[Tamfor Dulin]

So, let me get this straight... It would be

h = somerandomfigure
figure(h)

I am trying to make this functional programmatically.

[Walter Roberson]

Yes, especially when h was stored some time before using figure()

[Walter Roberson]

You might want to check whether the handle is still a figure by using ishandle() -- or better yet if you are using a new enough version, isgraphics()

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

How about

uiwait(warndlg(yourMessage));

[Tamfor Dulin]

Well I would like to make my own custom created figure to pop up

[Image Analyst]

Tamfor: See the video tutorials on GUIDE: http://blogs.mathworks.com/videos/category/gui-or-guide/