Set listbox with excel content --Attempt to reference field of non-structure array

I have a GUI in which a want to set the content of an Excel file in a listbox, the code used is:

[ndata, text, alldata] = xlsread(filename);
set(handles.list_register,'String',cell2str(text));

The Excel file contains only one column with a string in each cell. Once the xls file is read the variable text is a cell type. When I compiled I got:

Attempt to reference field of non-structure array.

Error in Register>list_register_CreateFcn (line 100)
set(handles.list_register,'String',fields(struct(text)));

Thanks in advance for your help,

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

cell2str is not a valid Matlab function, it's cellstr and the variable text is already a cell array

[Manuel]

Sorry you are right, anyway I am still having the same Problem with the code:

[ndata, text, alldata] = xlsread(filename);
set(handles.list_register,'String',text);

Any idea which could be the problem?

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

But the error message correspond to another line

set(handles.list_register,'String',fields(struct(text))

what struct(text) means?

[Manuel]

Sorry again I copied an old error, the erros is:

Attempt to reference field of non-structure array.

Error in Register>list_register_CreateFcn (line 100)
set(handles.list_register,'String',text);

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Post the entire code for this callback

Answer 2

[sixwwwwww]

Dear Manual, I assume that "text" just has one cell then you do like this:

[ndata, text, alldata] = xlsread(filename);
set(handles.list_register,'String',text{:});

I hope it helps

[Manuel]

You are rigth is a cell, I used your Version but still give the same error:

Attempt to reference field of non-structure array.

Error in Register>list_register_CreateFcn (line 100)
set(handles.list_register,'String',text{:});

[sixwwwwww]

Is your "text" contain any data? or is it empty? Also I agree with Azzi show us your code please

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

If text is a cell array

set(handles.list_register,'String',text);

is correct

[Manuel]

This is the code:

function list_register_CreateFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles)

if ispc && isequal(get(hObject,'BackgroundColor'), get(0,'defaultUicontrolBackgroundColor'))
    set(hObject,'BackgroundColor','white');
end

filename = fullfile('\\Data\Results\matlab','reg_list.xls');
[ndata, text, alldata] = xlsread(filename);
set(handles.list_register,'String',text);

Where text is:

text = 

      '11-Oct-2013---Start'
      '03-Oct-2013---Modify'
      '03-Oct-2013---Finish'

And type:

class(text)

ans =

cell

This is what I have and I got the error:

Attempt to reference field of non-structure array.

Error in Register>list_register_CreateFcn (line 100)
set(handles.list_register,'String',text);

Any idea how could I make it?

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Why your code is in function list_register_CreateFcn ? It should be in any callback

[Manuel]

There is a button which opens a new GUI called Register, and when this Register is called then the listbox inside this Register needs to be created with text as content.

@Azzi Abdelmalek if you Need more data let me know.