Could figures created and saved from Matlab be opened from other language which is more generally used?

I am creating a number of figures in a code for users who do not have Matlab enviornment. The code was developed with MATLAB R2018b, and has been converted into an EXE form with Application Compiler of the same Matlab version. The users can run the EXE file with input data they choose and can see the figures produced through the run of the code before the program is closed. However, once the figures are saved, the users can nolonger open the figures. This becomes a limitation to the application of product created with Matlab. We have looked at the figures with ImageJ/FIJI and saw that these are binary format of proprietary matlab format. Idealy a more generally available lauguage or method can be used to open and edit the Matlab figures. Is any of this kind available or are there any way arround this limitation?

[Wu Zhang]

could we save figure in a format that can be opened with other language such as python?

[Ameer Hamza]

Although, fig files seems to be .mat file in disguise: https://undocumentedmatlab.com/articles/fig-files-format. However, writing your own viewer for .fig file might not be a feasible solution.

What features do you want the saved file to have? For example, it seems that you don't want to save the figures as raster images. So, if you are looking for some other format, then what features you want to have?

[Wu Zhang]

Ameer Hamza,

Thanks for yout comments and questions? I would like to save the figure in a format that can be managed by common graphic tools.

I just found out that I can choose to save the figures in a format that can be opened by other programs, by specifying a file extension such as jpg, png, pdf, tif, bmp, …etc. This can be done using the saveas command, such as:

saveas(h2,'Barchart2.png');

However, in order to let the user choose their favorate format, it would be idea to make the extention a variable. I have tried the following which did not work:

ext = 'png';

saveas(h2,'Barchart3.'ext);

do you or anyone here know how to correct the command?

Thanks

[Walter Roberson]

saveas(h2, ['Barchart3.' ext]);

[Wu Zhang]

Thanks Walter Roberson. I tried, and it finally worked this way:

saveas(h2, ['Barchart3', ext]);