{"id":2755,"date":"2011-04-22T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T13:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2011\/04\/22\/the-new-and-improved-file-exchange\/"},"modified":"2011-04-22T13:01:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T13:01:10","slug":"the-new-and-improved-file-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2011\/04\/22\/the-new-and-improved-file-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"The New and Improved File Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns:mwsh=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/namespace\/mcode\/v1\/syntaxhighlight.dtd\" class=\"content\">\r\n   <p>Today, I'd like to highlight the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/\">File Exchange<\/a> interface that was introduced this week. As I was writing this, I remembered that I wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2008\/12\/05\/searching-around-file-exchange-20\/\">post<\/a> on File Exchange 2.0 when it came out back in 2008. We had introduced a new searching mechanism that was centered around\r\n      tags. The new version provides a more flexible, faceted search functionality, that can be refined by category, product, time\r\n      frame, and content type (e.g. Functions, Classes, Simulink Models, etc). I really like how I can quickly find GUI applications\r\n      created using MATLAB classes.\r\n   <\/p>\r\n   <p><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/pick\/jiro\/potw_newfex2011\/newfex_screenshot.png\"> <\/p>\r\n   <p>The other feature that I like is the ability to preview individual MATLAB programs directly in the browser before downloading\r\n      the entry. I missed this capability from the old File Exchange a while back, and now I can see the code and even copy\/paste\r\n      them from the browser to my MATLAB. <i>Note: for Simulink models, you can include a screenshot of the model with the entry to have it display in the preview section.<\/i><\/p>\r\n   <p>Read more about the new features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/about\/fx\/\">here<\/a>.\r\n   <\/p>\r\n   <p><b>Comments<\/b><\/p>\r\n   <p>Give it a try and let us know what you think <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=2755#respond\">here<\/a> about the new interface.\r\n   <\/p><script language=\"JavaScript\">\r\n<!--\r\n\r\n    function grabCode_37a696aa42884564a511cb6a888c7a26() {\r\n        \/\/ Remember the title so we can use it in the new page\r\n        title = document.title;\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Break up these strings so that their presence\r\n        \/\/ in the Javascript doesn't mess up the search for\r\n        \/\/ the MATLAB code.\r\n        t1='37a696aa42884564a511cb6a888c7a26 ' + '##### ' + 'SOURCE BEGIN' + ' #####';\r\n        t2='##### ' + 'SOURCE END' + ' #####' + ' 37a696aa42884564a511cb6a888c7a26';\r\n    \r\n        b=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];\r\n        i1=b.innerHTML.indexOf(t1)+t1.length;\r\n        i2=b.innerHTML.indexOf(t2);\r\n \r\n        code_string = b.innerHTML.substring(i1, i2);\r\n        code_string = code_string.replace(\/REPLACE_WITH_DASH_DASH\/g,'--');\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Use \/x3C\/g instead of the less-than character to avoid errors \r\n        \/\/ in the XML parser.\r\n        \/\/ Use '\\x26#60;' instead of '<' so that the XML parser\r\n        \/\/ doesn't go ahead and substitute the less-than character. \r\n        code_string = code_string.replace(\/\\x3C\/g, '\\x26#60;');\r\n\r\n        author = 'Jiro Doke';\r\n        copyright = 'Copyright 2011 The MathWorks, Inc.';\r\n\r\n        w = window.open();\r\n        d = w.document;\r\n        d.write('<pre>\\n');\r\n        d.write(code_string);\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Add author and copyright lines at the bottom if specified.\r\n        if ((author.length > 0) || (copyright.length > 0)) {\r\n            d.writeln('');\r\n            d.writeln('%%');\r\n            if (author.length > 0) {\r\n                d.writeln('% _' + author + '_');\r\n            }\r\n            if (copyright.length > 0) {\r\n                d.writeln('% _' + copyright + '_');\r\n            }\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        d.write('<\/pre>\\n');\r\n      \r\n      d.title = title + ' (MATLAB code)';\r\n      d.close();\r\n      }   \r\n      \r\n-->\r\n<\/script><p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: xx-small; font-weight:lighter;   font-style: italic; color: gray\"><br><a href=\"javascript:grabCode_37a696aa42884564a511cb6a888c7a26()\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;        font-style: italic;\">Get \r\n            the MATLAB code \r\n            <noscript>(requires JavaScript)<\/noscript><\/span><\/a><br><br>\r\n      Published with MATLAB&reg; 7.12<br><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!--\r\n37a696aa42884564a511cb6a888c7a26 ##### SOURCE BEGIN #####\r\n%%\r\n% Today, I'd like to highlight the new\r\n% <https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/ File Exchange>\r\n% interface that was introduced this week. 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